LaTrena S. Mitchell, L.L.C.
GHOSTWRITING & BOOK SERVICES AGREEMENT
Working draft · September 18, 2026 · Not legal advice

Novels, memoirs, and book-length work she writes for a client.
Use when LSMLLC is hired to write or co-write a manuscript. Name the credit in clause 4 before a word is turned.

1. Parties
This agreement is between LaTrena S. Mitchell, L.L.C. (“Writer”) and ________________ (“Client”), dated ______________.

2. The work
Project title / working title: ________________. Form (novel, memoir, children’s, other): ________________. Approximate length: ________ words. Delivery in: ☐ outline ☐ partial ☐ full manuscript.

3. Services
Writer will develop and write the work described above, from the materials Client supplies and the conversations the desk books. Two rounds of revision on the delivered draft are included unless a quote says otherwise. Further rounds are billed at the studio’s then-current hourly floor.

4. Credit
Choose one, in writing, before work opens: ☐ Ghost — Client is billed as author; Writer is not named unless Client later agrees in writing. ☐ Named co-writer — cover and copyright page read “by [Client] with LaTrena Mitchell” or the line both parties initial here: ________________. ☐ Named writer — cover reads LaTrena Mitchell. A ghost credit may not be used to hide Writer on a later film or series drawn from the same pages without a new writing agreement.

5. Fee & deposit
Fee: $________ (or $________ / word, estimated ________ words). Half to open the file. The balance is due on delivery of the draft named in clause 2. Late balances pause the work. Quoted studio floors are the floor, not a ceiling, if the file grows.

6. Copyright
Until the fee is paid in full, Writer owns the pages. On payment in full, copyright in the delivered manuscript transfers to Client, subject to clause 4 and to Writer’s right to show the work as a studio credit unless the parties initial a full ghost. Writer may keep notes and a file copy.

7. Kill fee
If Client stops the work after the file is open, the deposit is earned. Pages written to that date may be delivered as-is. No unused hours are refunded once spent.

8. No promise of a deal
Writer does not promise an agent, a publisher, a bestseller, or a film option. The work is the pages.

9. Law
Arkansas law governs. Notices: Editing_Writing@latrena-mitchell.com.

Writer / Editor: ________________________________  Date: ________
Client / Producer: ______________________________  Date: ________

Desk: Editing_Writing@latrena-mitchell.com
Governing law: State of Arkansas