For writers
Writing invoices that list the interviews, drafts and edits.
Research, an interview and three rounds of edits don’t show in a word count. Paste the notes you kept, enter your hours and your rate, and the invoice names each piece of the work with its date.
Free plan: 3 drafted invoices a month. No card.
Your notesExample Health blog
- 11/2 interview w/ Dr. Osei for sleep piece, 45 min + prep
Nov 2Prepared for and ran the interview for the sleep article1.5 h$105.00- 11/3 first draft, sleep article, ~1400 words
Nov 3Wrote the first draft of the sleep article3.5 h$245.00- 11/4 Maria's edits. tightened intro, added sources
Nov 4Revised the draft from your edits and added sources2 h$140.00- 11/5 nov newsletter, wrote + loaded it
Nov 5Wrote the November newsletter and set it up to send2.5 h$175.00- 11/6 outline for dec series (3 posts)
Nov 6Outlined the three-part December series1.5 h$105.00
You enter
11 h × $70.00$770.00
What you give it
Whatever you already keep. A running list in a notes app is enough.
Then you enter the client, the dates, your total hours and your rate. The hours are yours to decide. Nothing is sent until you’ve read the draft.
How a draft is made- Notes
- A few lines a day in your own shorthand. Paste them or upload the file. None of it has to be tidy.
- A time-tracker export
- The CSV file your time tracker exports. The hours it tracked are offered as your total, and entries marked not billable are left out.
- Nothing at all
- You can also write an invoice line by line. That is free and unlimited on both plans.
What your client receives
Hourly work and per-piece fees on one invoice
- Hours. Interviews, research, drafting, revisions and calls, each on a dated line at your rate.
- Per piece or per word. An article at a flat fee, or 1,400 words at a price per word. Either is a quantity at a price, added by hand.
- Expense. A stock photo, a paid report or a transcript, on its own line at the amount you enter.
It arrives as a PDF attached to an email in your business’s name. Your client pays you directly, by PayPal, Venmo, Zelle, Apple Pay or your own Stripe link, and never needs an account.
To try the layout without an account, open the freelance writer invoice template.
Can I bill per word or per article instead of by the hour?
Yes, by hand. Add a line with a quantity and a price: 1,400 words at $0.30, or one article at $450. The drafting writes hourly lines only, so it helps most when at least part of the invoice is billed by time.
Can one invoice mix hourly editing with a flat-fee article?
Yes. Hours, flat fees and expenses can sit on the same invoice. When they do, the columns read Qty and Price, and each hourly line shows its hours and its rate.
Will the invoice lines sound like me?
Each line is one short, plain sentence saying what was done. You can rewrite any of them before sending, by hand or by asking in the chat beside the draft. Nothing reaches your client until you choose Send.
Do I have to track my time to use it?
No. You enter the total hours for the period, and they are divided across the work in your notes. Change the hours on any line before you send.
It’s the wrong tool if
- You need sales tax or VAT on the invoice, or a currency other than US dollars. Neither is supported yet.
- Everything you bill is per word or per piece. You can write those invoices here by hand for free, but the drafting is built around hours.
Write this week’s invoice from this week’s work.
The Free plan covers 3 drafted invoices a month, which is one client billed every two weeks.
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Free plan: 3 drafted invoices a month. No card.
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