That's just the nature of the beast. Pay rates of pennies per word has been the constant for decades and there's always been the risk of bloated material for just that reason. The thing that balances it out is the Editor, who cuts and trims away the fat (or else demands that the writer do so) before he actually pays a penny for any material.
That's just the nature of the beast. Pay rates of pennies per word has been the constant for decades and there's always been the risk of bloated material for just that reason. The thing that balances it out is the Editor, who cuts and trims away the fat (or else demands that the writer do so) before he actually pays a penny for any material.