Writing for favors

You want me to do WHAT?

A while ago I did some web writing in exchange for other services for an acquaintance after they begged me to help them. I figured how hard could it be? As it turned out, I spent hours trying to translate a disjointed spoken message into readable text while also doing research on the products so that what I wrote made sense. The exchange of goods eventually worked, but I learned an important lesson about doing favors: it’s better to say no. Often a “little somethin...