Ghostwriting Agreement
This Ghostwriting Agreement is made between [Client name] (the "Client") and [Writer name] (the "Writer") as of the date of the last signature below.
1. The work
The Writer will write: [describe the work and its length], based on interviews and materials from the Client, delivered in these stages: [outline, drafts, final, with dates].
2. Fee
The fee is [amount], payable [at each stage]. It includes [two] rounds of revisions per stage.
3. Credit
The work will be published under the Client’s name. The Writer will not claim authorship or disclose their involvement without the Client’s consent.
4. Independent contractor
The Writer is an independent contractor, not an employee, partner or agent of the Client, and is responsible for its own taxes, insurance, tools and workers.
5. Ownership of work
On full payment, the Writer assigns to the Client all rights in the work created specifically for the Client under this agreement. The Writer keeps its pre-existing materials and know-how, and licenses the Client to use any of them that are included in the work.
6. Confidentiality
Each party will keep the other's non-public information confidential, use it only for this agreement, and return or destroy it on request. This duty continues for [three years] after this agreement ends.
7. Ending this agreement
Either party may end this agreement on [30] days' written notice, or immediately if the other materially breaches it and does not fix the breach within [10] days of notice. Amounts due for work done up to the end date remain payable.
8. General
This agreement is governed by the laws of [state]. It is the entire agreement between the parties on its subject and may be changed only in writing signed by both. It may be signed electronically and in counterparts.