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Freelance Writing Contract
Freelance Writing Contract — a 2-page PDF form with 22 fill-in fields and sections covering parties, assignment, work and 7 more sections.
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- Parties
- Assignment
- Work
- Confidentiality
- Compensation
- Due Date
- Client Approval
- Changes
- Cancellation
- Ownership Of Intellectual Property
Information you will need
- What's the date of this contract?
- What's the client’s name?
- What's the client’s mailing address?
- What's the writer's name?
- What's the writer's mailing address?
- What is the writer’s assignment?
- What hourly rate will the writer receive?
- How will the client pay the writer?
- What's the writer's per word rate?
- What total amount will the writer receive?
- What other compensation will the writer receive?
- When must the client pay an invoice?
- When will the writer be paid?
- What's the payment frequency?
- In what manner will the writer be paid? (if not mentioned above)
- What's the due date?
- When must the work be completed?
- What's the other due date?
- What is the exclusive period for the client's rights to the writer's work?
- What's the client's printed name?
- What's the name of the client's company?
- What's the writer's printed name?
Completed by the client.
The form includes 2 signature lines, a witness section.
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- File size
- 714 KB
- Pages
- 2
- Version
- 1