I requested a gig because I need help editing a novel I wrote. There is a certain part of the story that just feels like filler, and I don't know what to do. Am I paranoid and it really DOESN'T read like filler? Should I take it out of the book? If so, what kind of material should I replace it with? (I want to maintain the same word count.)
So the point of my request was not for someone to edit the entire novel, but to just help me out with that one section. In order to do that, they have to read the whole book.
I talked with a seller AT GREAT LENGTH before buying a gig from him. I made sure he understood how much he had to read, and that he didn't necessarily have to write anything new. I would handle the new material; all he had to do was tell me his thoughts on that one section.
And then yesterday I get a request for mutual cancellation. His reasoning? "I don't feel comfortable doing what was asked. This wasn't really appropriate for me."
I figured there was no point in arguing over the cancellation. What point would there be in paying someone who didn't want to do the work? They would take my money but then do a crappy job. So I said I agreed to the cancelling. I tried sending a message saying, "You and I talked about what was needed EXTENSIVELY before I ordered." But I guess when you cancel a gig, any messages you send them don't go through.
I feel like cancelling was the only way to go, but I am still bummed that I got no help.
So the point of my request was not for someone to edit the entire novel, but to just help me out with that one section. In order to do that, they have to read the whole book.
I talked with a seller AT GREAT LENGTH before buying a gig from him. I made sure he understood how much he had to read, and that he didn't necessarily have to write anything new. I would handle the new material; all he had to do was tell me his thoughts on that one section.
And then yesterday I get a request for mutual cancellation. His reasoning? "I don't feel comfortable doing what was asked. This wasn't really appropriate for me."
I figured there was no point in arguing over the cancellation. What point would there be in paying someone who didn't want to do the work? They would take my money but then do a crappy job. So I said I agreed to the cancelling. I tried sending a message saying, "You and I talked about what was needed EXTENSIVELY before I ordered." But I guess when you cancel a gig, any messages you send them don't go through.
I feel like cancelling was the only way to go, but I am still bummed that I got no help.