A long time ago when I was freelancing (as a student, writing software) the company I had been working with for a whiole suddenly decided to not let me write up

A long time ago when I was freelancing (as a student, writing software) the company I had been working with for a whiole suddenly decided to not let me write up hours for meetings that were basically requirements/planning because they wanted to treat it like a pitch or informal business meeting or whatever (media agency). That's when I wrapped up the month and never worked with them again.