Homework-doers, writers, and researchers..

Question about homework-doers.

Are we, as homework-doers or assignment-helpers, really writers? When someone says, "I'm a freelance writer," what do you assume?

I know the act of churning out essays or dissertations for other people to hand in is technically writing. But I would suggest that by the same measure, breathing is also technically working.

Now, as some of you may know, I'm all over the place. and that goes for online and offline employment, too. I've even been a journalist. and unpleasant as it was, then, I had no problem with saying, "I'm a writer."

Other threads posted here have also touched on this issue: what do we say when someone asks us how we make a living?

If I'm potentially identifying myself as a term-paper hack, I usually start out with, "I do example research projects," or, "I'm an academic researcher." I have never really felt secure calling myself a writer.

I think the main difference is that writers or editors are not shadows. They can stand up, be held accountable, and take credit for their work.

Am I the only one taking the job we do this way?

If you worked in a weapons factory making bullets and assault rifles, you would call yourself a killer? Or if you pay taxes that are used to kill other people - are you a killer too? I believe in part you are because you had a chance to refuse to work for the factory / pay taxes.

If you say you are a writer, people invariably ask, "What do you write?" I usually say I'm an "educational consultant" and scowl.

Taking credit for the work has absolutely nothing to do with the actual act of writing or creating it.

Editor, I guess you are alluding to the mystique that the word "writer" has in terms of people thinking it means novels, biographies, and other heavy stuff? I think that writers of all types feel that unease with the word "writer." I mean, people who write computer manuals probably deal with the same thing at cocktail parties. "Oh, you're a writer? What do you write, historical fiction?" Nope, laptop specs.

You can just say you're a freelance writer. That's what the term was invented for. It's a catch-all, and you can provide as much or as little detail as you like, depending on how deep you feel like getting into it. A lot of people probably have at least one other type of writing that they do, whether it's web content, content writing, or journalistic stuff. "Freelance writer, eh? So what do you write?" Oh, all sorts of stuff.

Exactly. End of story.

When people ask me what kinds of things I write, I usually just tell them exactly what I do and maybe list a few examples of my most recent project topics and page lengths. Their most common response is sheer amazement that anybody can (or would want to) make a living doing something on a daily basis that they remember as the worst part of their own educational experiences that they'd never want to relive for even one day. Those of us who do this fulltime probably write more papers every couple of weeks than most people wrote in their entire 4 years of college.

Is there a simple and straightforward way to request for your service? I just signed up for this site and have not reached the 24hrs period so I have no access to your email information. I have a research paper coming up soon that is quite urgent.

Many writers advertise on essaychat.com.

Hi ProfessorVerb, I was looking over the site and see that you are also a professional writer yourself. Do you currently provide this service?

You can find my ad (and others) on essaychat.com.

I automatically assume that I am speaking to an enterprising, highly educated individual with a passion for writing. This person must be exposed to various writing fields, from case studies, to basic high school book reports. He should be able to discuss any topic thrown at him, due the nature of his job, and, he will be able to help a person with any writing he may have. He is an intellectual, but not a braggart. He is compassionate, and will always treat his clients fairly based on what is right, aside from the actual of the work. He is a person who knows how to live life, enjoy it, while also working hard to afford the life that he wants for himself.

Honest academic writers can easily indicate that they are writing assistants who specialize in model papers. What type of model papers and who they write for are irrelevant details. If they are being honest, they will not allow the student to take credit for their work because that is just plain dishonest. They know that they are placing their clients in a precarious situation when they do that. Admitting to being a writer, and leaving it at that indicates a legitimate freelancing job. Admitting to being an academic writer is not. Even a writing assistant carries more legitimacy as it could refer to an editor or a proofreader, which is a per project job that is better received than saying, "I help students cheat the academic code for a living", which is what comes to most people's minds when one says "I'm an academic writer".

I've never been embarrassed at all about what I do for a living and when I interviewed for my federal government writing job, I told them exactly what I was doing for work and I disclosed the name and url of the writing company for which I was working at the time, right on my application form. Suggesting that I'm "placing my clients in a precarious situation" for providing them exactly what they're hoping to receive, both when they come to this forum, in the first place, and when they order projects from me -- and quite frequently, after they've already been completely let down and ripped off by some scam essay company or "writer" -- is just plain dopey. My grateful clients are adults who contact me, first; I'm not hanging out in schoolyards whispering to kids "Hey, you want me to write your essays for you?" I trust my clients to use my work in whatever way they think will most benefit them and that's entirely up to them because they own the copyright to anything they pay me to write. Unlike the TOS of most essay companies (which customers should always read before using them), mine don't prohibit them from everything except "studying" and "citing" my work as "sources" in their own work. Most essay company TOS also actually reserve their right to contact their customers' schools to "protect" their copyright anytime they suspect that their work has been submitted for credit. That's "placing clients in a precarious situation," not delivering exactly what they're hoping to receive for their money when they contact me about their projects, and completely respecting their personal autonomy, privacy, and decision-making about how they choose to use the work for which they paid.

@FreelanceWriter
You are ignorant. By not placing constraints on how your clients use their essays it is clear you encourage cheating. The worrying fact is your pride in this approach. Legitimate essay companies and freelance writers warn their clients against passing essays off as their own. Just one reason why students should avoid you.

@a1writer
It is also a worrisome thing to know since that is how students often end up being blackmailed. The main threat is always, we can prove you did not write the essay because you submitted what our writer or what I wrote for you. So if the writer does not care how the work is used, what is to stop him from blackmailing the same student in the future? This is why it is important the paper they paid for is revised completely by the student in terms of presentation. The student must revise it enough to remove traces of the paid work whenever you can for their own peace of mind.