If you want to write for a living, you should write for free. Hell, if you already do write for a living, you should write for free. And that free writing should be some of your best work. Unless ...

In 2013, an editor at The Atlantic contacted freelance journalist Nate Thayer. They asked him to repurpose one of his articles for free. “We unfortunately can’t pay you for it,” they said, “but we do ...

I’m new to writing and would like to break into freelance work. I have been given an opportunity to write a column for an online journal but they cannot afford to pay me. Should I work for free? Wow, ...