"Freelancing Horror Story" forum

[Frank]

I think it would be really informative if we were to have a sub-forum for people to tell their horror stories about clients and whatnot, not to flame bad clients or anything (which I guess is sort of unavoidable, given the subject) but to let everybody else learn from their bad experiences. Setting some ground rules about not naming names would probably keep things more civil.

Learning from mistakes is the best way to know how NOT to do something - no reason people have to keep making them in isolation!

[Jako]

Frank - I think that's a great idea. We've all had bad experiences and horror stories with clients. And while I think it would be fun telling these experiences and reading the stories of others, there is actually a lot to learn from these experiences.

[maryannsbook]

I think this could be a useful section, so long as contributors are able to remain as unbiased as possible and keep the complaints civil. Remember, there are two sides to every story.