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Monthly or bi-Monthly payment? Which of the two suits freelance writers?

HeremeoutThreads: 10 Posts: 240 Joined: Sep 29, 2011 Writer	Oct 2, 11, 11:45PM \| #1
What is your take on this?

MajorThreads: 21 Posts: 593 Joined: Oct 3, 2006	Oct 15, 12, 01:09PM \| #2
ASAP payment usually works best ;)
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charlzPosts: 19 Joined: Jul 13, 2012 Writer	Oct 15, 12, 02:18PM \| #3
A bi-monthly system. It is the best maybe a little biased.

ProfessorVerbThreads: 11 Posts: 432 Joined: May 27, 2011 Writer	Oct 15, 12, 03:29PM \| #4
I saw an advertisement from a custom writing service a few years back (I did not apply) that paid its writers by PayPal after every order. I like that system.

JohnsMomPosts: 299 Joined: Oct 6, 2012 Writer	Oct 15, 12, 03:33PM \| #5
Due to a variety of reasons, my payments process at all different times. If anyone actually makes their living as a freelancer of any sort, budgeting and saving have got to be part of their discipline. When payments process shouldn't really matter to much, as long as it actually gets processed (and of course, a six-month timeline or something like that would be ridiculous).

ProfessorVerbThreads: 11 Posts: 432 Joined: May 27, 2011 Writer	Oct 16, 12, 02:38PM \| #6
You have to be careful about terminology too: bimonthly can mean getting paid every two months (ugh!) but semimonthly specifically means twice a month.

JohnsMomPosts: 299 Joined: Oct 6, 2012 Writer	Oct 16, 12, 03:43PM \| #7
ProfessorVerb: bimonthly can mean getting paid every two months It not only can mean that, it does mean that. Anyone who uses it to mean anything else is using it incorrectly.

ProfessorVerbThreads: 11 Posts: 432 Joined: May 27, 2011 Writer	Oct 17, 12, 02:28AM \| #8
JohnsMom: It not only can mean that, it does mean that. Anyone who uses it to mean anything else is using it incorrectly. I agree, but there is some debate over this.

JohnsMomPosts: 299 Joined: Oct 6, 2012 Writer	Oct 17, 12, 12:32PM \| #9
Really? Where is the debate? "Semimonthly" means "half-monthly" (therefore twice a month), and "bimonthly" means "two monthly" (or once every two months). This is etymology, not a subjective interpretation of meaning.

ProfessorVerbThreads: 11 Posts: 432 Joined: May 27, 2011 Writer	Oct 17, 12, 07:03PM \| #10
JohnsMom: Really? Where is the debate? Here for example.
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Oct 18, 12, 10:51AM | #11

As someone in the comments section of that article quickly pointed out, the use of "bimonthly" to mean "twice a month" has no etymological basis whatsoever and is the result of modern grammarians deciding that a frequent incorrect usage warrants a change in definition. It's like the fact that "literally" can now be defined as "Used to acknowledge that something is not literally true but is used for emphasis or to express strong feeling." It's bullshit arising from laziness and inaccuracy.

findmichellesPosts: 7 Joined: Dec 19, 2012 Writer	Dec 22, 12, 02:30AM \| #12
Payment the next instant is unparalleled! But twice a month shoud work fine as well.

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