Five Contract Terms Every Writer Should Know

Your words are your creation, your identity, and your currency, and scam artists will try to steal them from you. They’ll hand you a contract and claim “it’s standard. Everyone signs it.”

Don’t believe them. Every contract is negotiable, especially when you know what to negotiate. Here are some basics terms to help you understand contracts.

1. License. A license is a right to use only; you, the creator, retain actual ownership of the copyrighted work. 99% of the time, a writer will be granting...