Ghostwriting and Work for Hire Agreement (Creator Side)
A creator-favorable Ghostwriting and Work for Hire Agreement that buys the writing and the credit arrangement, with ownership and confidentiality both nailed down.
Includes the fallback language to use when the counterparty objects, so you are not redrafting under pressure. A full custom draft prepared from your transaction, your counterparty, and the risks that are actually in front of you.
Choose the version you need
- Standard$1,625
- Standard (Brand Side)$1,800
- Standard (Creator Side)$1,800This page
- Short Form$900
- Long Form$2,600
- Long Form (Brand Side)$2,925
- Long Form (Creator Side)$2,925
- Review and Redline (Brand Side)$900
- Review and Redline (Creator Side)$900
- Negotiation and Closing (Brand Side)$2,925
- Negotiation and Closing (Creator Side)$2,925
Frequently asked questions
The fee covers a full custom draft built from your intake answers, a cover note explaining the choices that matter and why, and an editable word file and a clean pdf. It is fixed at this scope: one project. 2 rounds of revisions are included. If your matter falls outside that scope we tell you before starting and quote the difference—we do not bill past a flat fee without agreeing it first.
3 to 5 business days from a complete set of instructions, plus time for the 2 rounds of revisions included in the fee. If you are working to a court deadline or a closing date, tell us when you order and we will confirm in writing whether we can meet it before you commit.
$1,800 is $325/hour × 5.5 hours—the time this deliverable takes in an ordinary publishing matter, at the firm's standard rate. Because it is a flat fee, the risk of the work running long sits with the firm: you pay $1,800 whether it takes us the estimate or twice it.
2 rounds of revisions are included. You can add more when you order, or later, at $325 per additional round. A round is one consolidated set of your comments and our revised draft back to you.
Third-party costs are never inside a flat fee and are passed through at cost, never marked up: court and agency filing fees, court reporter and transcript charges, expert witness fees, search vendor and e-discovery hosting charges, process server fees, and travel.
The business terms you have agreed so far, the counterparty and which side of the deal you are on, any existing draft, term sheet, or prior agreement, and your risk tolerance on the provisions that matter most to you. Send what you have—if something is missing we will tell you what else we need before the turnaround clock starts.
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