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By: Time is of the essence « Invisible Brand Project

Time is of the essence « Invisible Brand Project — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 00:04:50 +0000

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By: Amanda Evans

Amanda Evans — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 21:18:48 +0000

Great post and some excellent information. I have to admit, that some of my best work has come out of pressure to complete an assignment on time. I sometimes find that if I have a tight deadline I am more inclined to just start writing more so than procrastinating for days over the angle I want to take or the style I want to write in. Sometimes tight deadlines really do pay off.

By: Meryl K. Evans

Meryl K. Evans — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 02:56:24 +0000

I just wrote this in another blog — I had a three week deadline for a how to book on a software product. If it hadn’t been a how to on software, I may have never pulled it off… my dad had a stroke in the middle of it and was an hour’s drive away. I took my laptop, but I couldn’t concentate.

I didn’t ask for an extension because an author of one of the other books was in the hospital and couldn’t get an extension. So why should I? I mentioned that I didn’t know how I did it, but I think I did many of the things in your list here.

By: Hump Day Reading for the Restless Soul — Write From Home

Hump Day Reading for the Restless Soul — Write From Home — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 07:31:50 +0000

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By: MattT

MattT — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 20:54:10 +0000

A way to handle it is to have a sizable rush/overtime rate, such as 1.5X or 2X the normal rate, depending on the time crunch. Sometimes this slow things down, and if it doesn’t, the freelancer can be fairly compensated for the disruption the rush job can cause. Depends, of course, on the relationship you have, or want to keep, with the client.