From the Vault: Freelance Editing Contracts 101
Update: 2025-12-10
Description
Do you have clear professional boundaries for your business? In this episode, we discuss what boundaries you should have as an editor, why they’re important, and how you can enforce them using contracts.
Disclaimer: This is not legal advice. I’m not a lawyer, but I am related to one, and we created an editing contract template that you can use with your editing clients. Find it here.
This episode originally aired on 9/25/24 as episode 37.
Important Sections:
- (1:48 ) Do Boundaries Destroy Creativity?
- (3:28 ) The Basic Definition of a Contract
- (4:58 ) Adding Boundaries to Your Contracts Through Scope of Work
- (6:52 ) Setting Boundaries With Payment Arrangements
- (8:36 ) Creating Boundaries Around Deadlines
- (10:42 ) Boundaries Around Communication
- (13:15 ) Setting Boundaries Around Generative AI
- (15:31 ) Defining Boundaries Around Acknowledgments
- (18:31 ) How to Handle Contract Termination
- (19:52 ) Introducing My Editing Contract Template
Resources Mentioned
- Episode 7: Why You Need Boundaries in Your Business
- Editorial Freelancers Association
- Editors Canada
- The Paper It’s Written On book
- My new Editing Contract Template
Work with Me:
Comments
In Channel
Download from Google Play
Download from App Store
United States00:00
00:00
1.0x
