Why choose a freelance writer?

Freelance writers offer students flexible services as per their schedule and can be contacted at anytime - once you establish a longterm relationship with a writer, you can enjoy the convenience and reliability of the services. Look out for scammers though!

This is very good advice. Specially the part about looking out for freelance writer scammers because they do exist. One may not just have come across such a freelancer yet. I hope that you will not turn out to be one of those who see the students more as prey rather than as a client. It is important that you heighten your visibility at this forum to help give students looking for independent writers another option. This forum is sadly, lacking in choices when it comes to honest freelancers. Not to say that the resident freelancer is dishonest. He just tends to get in over his head sometimes. It is nice to see the start of what might be a healthy competition between freelancers at this forum. Best of luck to your quest finding clients to work with here ! Now I can say that students actually have options and can make personal informed decisions when hiring a freelance writer from this forum.

@noted, as a writer I've also come across dishonest writers, hence, my advice to students. While some of us are looking to drive in more gigs and maintain a longterm relationship with students seeking help, others are after quick cash and exploiting their clients. Sadly, there is no direct way for a student to identify a scammer unless they work with them and experience the nightmare firsthand.

@Tutor_Joan
Welcome to the forum. Some competition is long overdue. Although there are other writers who pay for advertising on this forum, they seem to keep a low profile. Presumably they have enough clients without having to constantly overpromote themselves on this forum.

I am keen that essay companies and freelance writers obey the ban on essay writing in English universities. Hopefully you will repect the ban, like any decent, honest writer would.

@a1writer
There is no denying the unprofessionalism and misrepresentation looming in the essay writing 'business'. I call it that because the clients are 'willing and able' buyers. Integrity ensures that a writer provides the demanded services without any repercussions befalling the client. And like any decent, honest writer, I do my due diligence to fulfill my clients' expectations. Unless I'm missing the purpose of the forum, otherwise I didn't read any 'constant overpromotion' as insinuated.

Hello Joan, and welcome to the forum. Allow me to bring you up to speed:

There used to be quite a few legitimate freelance writers here, most of whom were, simultaneously, also writers at a large American essay company, along with me. There was also one very nasty, disgruntled troll, whose ID was "Editor75" and "RustyIronChains" before that. He'd been fired and discredited by essay companies, and routinely announced that this industry is a "cesspit" in which, unlike the rest of us "losers," he "didn't need" to work, because he was a "published author" with a "pretty big house," etc. He took a very particular and intense dislike to me and used to disparage me constantly, by stalking every post of mine in any thread, as well as by disparaging me in other threads in which I hadn't even posted. Back then, other writers who knew me (i.e. ProfessorVerb, Pheelyks, ResearchPro, JohnsMom, srandrews/99essays, MeoKhan, and Wordsies) used to defend me and keep him in check. They all expressed the same observation that his animosity was obviously inspired by jealousy over the fact that I clearly write better than he does and that so many of my legitimate colleagues respected and vouched for the quality of my work. We were all direct competitors; but none of us ever tried to compete by attacking or lying about one another. In fact, we routinely defended one another against unfair accusations, such as in this thread, even though it would have been very easy for me to keep my mouth shut and just allow that other writer to absorb as much damage as possible. I defended him because I knew his work and practices and that what was being said about him was both unfair and untrue: https://essayscam.org/forum/es/pheelyks-versus-freelance-writer-comparative-analysis-3051/

Here's a typical example of what "a1writer" used to do as Editor75, along with the responses of some legitimate writers: https://essayscam.org/forum/gt/thing-paper-1619/

Now that some of them have either died, retired, found other careers, or just stopped contributing as much to this forum, he's taken full advantage of that relative vacuum to stalk and disparage me using at least a half-dozen fake IDs, and without any real push-back, except from me. Four of those writers listed above have returned and chimed in here a few times recently, just to defend me against his non-stop trolling and daily disinformation-campaign posts disparaging me. His entire current persona of a "retired British writer" is a complete farce, which I demonstrated right here in Post #28:

https://essayscam.org/forum/wc/flexible-academic-requirements-new-freelance-writers-3569/#msg87089



Here's the documentation of his other most recent banned IDs that he burned through trolling me before settling on "a1writer" to perpetuate this highly personal hate campaign against me that he first started more than a decade ago. If you just click on the ID of any poster, you'll see that person's profile, which includes the dates that the ID was created and of the last post before being banned, in addition to that person's entire posting history on this forum:

LawEssayUK: Suspended on May 16, 2022 and last posted on that same date. His profile info is right here: https://essayscam.org/forum/index.php?action=userinfo&user=8520

EssayScrutiny: Registered on May 16, 2022, the same day that LawEssayUK got suspended, and promptly got suspended on that same day. His profile info is right here: https://essayscam.org/forum/index.php?action=userinfo&user=13668

Jeannie: Registered May 17, 2022, one day after LawEssayUK and EssayScrutiny were both banned. "She" immediately proceeded to resume the same attacks against me (and in the same thread, no less), before getting banned on June 9, 2022. "Her" profile info is right here: https://essayscam.org/forum/index.php?action=userinfo&user=13671

Writeruk: Registered exactly one day later, on June 10, 2022, and was also promptly banned on the same day. His profile info is right here: https://essayscam.org/forum/index.php?action=userinfo&user=13691

A1writer: Registered 4 days later, on June 14, 2022, and immediately resumed the same series of attacks on me that he's continued ever since. His profile info is right here: https://essayscam.org/forum/index.php?action=userinfo&user=13696

@FreelanceWriter I'm really glad you've created a supportive community and thank you for bringing this to my attention. It's sad that attempting to offer legit services is met my criticism from a few 'jealous and petty-driven' individuals like a1writer. We need more professionals like you - but seeing as we cannot control what others choose to share on the forum, it's nice to experience hospitable from a fellow freelancer. Keep up the good work FreelanceWriter (:

No problem. I wouldn't take any credit for having created any part of the community, though. Those of us who used to write for the essay company to which I alluded were all asked by the company to come here (back in 2007 or 2008), to respond (truthfully) to some of the attacks on that company by a different disgruntled ex-writer. For the most part, it was a naturally evolved community of essay-company writers, freelance writers, a few disclosed company reps, and a few undisclosed company reps masquerading as "observers" or "industry researchers." All of the legit writers were respectful of one another and none of us ever engaged in guerrilla tactics of disparaging one another. We backed one another up on projects outside of our respective areas, referred clients to one another, and we helped protect one another against the baseless attacks of jealous competitors who resorted to slander because they couldn't compete in respectful and ethical ways. If you review some of the threads to which I provided links, you'll be able to identify all of the legit writers and the few trolls whose only "contribution" to this forum was slandering other writers and instigating nasty highly personal attacks. Now that most of those legit writers are gone, it would be very nice to have more writers who aren't here for the sole purpose of trying to harm writers whose relative success in this business they covet and resent to the point of hateful rage.

@FreelanceWriter I've been going through the links you shared, and I must say legit freelance writers face many challenges as we try to maneuver the industry. It's however motivating that you did not allow the few disgruntled individuals bring you guys down. Personal attacks are uncalled for and often allude to the neurotic paranoia of the attacker. @Noted gave me a heart welcome. Then came the unmollified post - I actually thought I did something restricted in the forum and had to countercheck other posts and the sites' terms to be sure. For a little while it felt personal, and I wondered why someone would go out of their way to attack me. Then I received your post and felt the sense of belongingness. As you go about your routine, always remember you've instilled something positive in me.

Otherwise, let's keep up our good work as we uphold ethics and respect for one another.

Thanks. Obviously, I have no choice but to respond to defend myself against the constant lies and false accusations. I see that his ID has finally been suspended, along with all of his many previous IDs. Hopefully, it's a permanent ban. Unfortunately, he'll probably just be back shortly under a brand new totally fake identity and, as always, he'll be immediately identifiable, because his only focus will be on me, and the vast majority of his posts will be more attempts to undermine the great reputation that I've spent 14.5 years establishing on this forum by providing nothing but the highest quality work to all of my clients and to clients of my fellow legit writers who needed work that was outside of their areas and/or too advanced for them.

Being professional is not common to all. It's unfortunate that we have to deal with such. As an ESL writer, trust me, I come across bullies who think they are superior and can define my skills. I focus on satisfying my clients and I've built a good rapport for myself over the years - my return clients speak to my capabilities. So, I just ignore negative remarks that are obviously meant to instill self-doubt but absolutely defend myself against them.

Obviously, I don't know anything about your personal experiences; however, I don't think anybody has ever been bullied on this forum for being an ESL writer. I've always had a mutually respectful relationship with several totally legit ESL writers on this forum, several of whom have referred clients to me for work outside of their abilities, and two of whom recently chimed in to defend me against some of the defamatory lies posted about me by a1writer. I believe the only ESL writers who ever encountered harsh criticism here in the past were those who tried to argue that it's perfectly fine for ESL writers not to disclose to their prospective clients that English isn't their first language, because "it doesn't matter."

I happen to agree with that criticism and I've always practiced what I preach in that regard, such as by always disclosing to UK students that I wasn't educated in the UK. If I have a high level of confidence with their projects, I tell them that; but I don't misrepresent (or merely fail to disclose) that I'm a US-educated American writer, because whether or not that "matters" to them is for them to decide, not me. My only expectation of ESL writers is simply never to conceal from their prospective clients that they're ESL writers, because whether or not that "matters" is for their prospective clients to decide, not those ESL writers who want to get their business deceitfully. That clearly doesn't apply to you, because you've openly disclosed that you're ESL, for which you deserve respect, especially because you write well enough that prospective clients probably wouldn't even realize that, otherwise.

@Tutor_Joan

We seem to have got off on the wrong foot. Apologies for any 'insinuations' as my posts were not intended to cause you any offence.

I welcome you to the forum and trust you will find it a stimulating and productive place.

@FreelanceWriter. I agree. Students deserve the opportunity to decide and choose the expertise they desire. They need to understand the capabilities of the service provider, and offering truthful background information as a writer is preferable, if not paramount.

@a1writer. Thank you for the reception and I appreciate your remarks. Looking forward to more positive interactions in the forum.

Exactly.