Contract Worker has a post called: The All-Important Spec Sheet: A Productivity Booster. He outlines five points that need to be covered.
The goal of a spec sheet is, of course, clarity between client and writer or editor. Spec sheets can work, so can contracts or letters of agreement. You’ll find additional information about how to […]
A writing friend of mine had a contract to write an article a month for a year – 12 articles in all. The pay was spelled out and for the first few months, everything went well. Last month my friend submitted an article as planned, but this time the editor responded with something like “thanks, […]
LOL, I’m really laughing at myself this morning. I was going along, checking things off my to do list when I got a call from the clay studio; turns out they don’t need me this morning.
My first reaction was both disappointment and a feeling of relief – relief because I have a ton to […]
In Part 1, I talked about the Scope of Work or Goal spelled out in a writing contract.
The next item I include is something I call the Anticipated Method, Including Timing, of the work.
The purpose of this section is to describe how the work will proceed. Since I’m usually ghostwriting a book, it’s […]
Back in June I gave an overview of what I include in my contracts or letters of agreements. Yesterday’s blog on negotiation got me to thinking about it all again and I’ve decided to define each part of the original post.
I rarely use the term, scope of work. Instead, I state the goal of the […]
When you work for yourself, as we freelance writers and editors do, almost every job is negotiable. It doesn’t matter if you’re contracting with a trade publisher to write a book, a magazine to write an article, a corporate client for some marketing or someone who wants you to ghostwrite their story. How you […]
Last June I wrote 40 articles with the understanding that I’d receive $1,000 by July 14th. By the 28th the money still hadn’t been deposited in my PayPal account as agreed. The articles are up on a website, but the site isn’t owned by the fellow who promised to pay me. I at least want […]
Get Paid to Write posted a list of articles they felt were worth reading… I agree. Of course, my own post is there, but the one I liked best is Can an E-mail Agreement be a Binding Contract? from AllBusiness.com.
The bottom line? With the exception of certain documents, like wills and other family matters, court […]
I firmly believe that every time someone hires me, we should have a contract, or a letter of agreement. I don’t like the term, contract, much because it has all sorts of legal ramifications and seems to put the parties in an adversarial position right from the start. That’s why I use a letter of […]
Sharlene Thomas, BellaOnline’s Career Training Editor has an excellent article called Every Freelancer Needs a Contract.
She’s so right. I can’t count the tales of woe I’ve heard over the years from writers who had no contract or letter of agreement and lost money as a result. Early on I had the same experience myself.
Sharlene goes […]
Making good money as a freelance writer
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