Mutual NDA as standard.
Identity, project, materials, and the existence of the engagement are covered in writing. Necessary exceptions and legal obligations are made explicit, not buried.
02 / Standards
NDA.
First, not later.
A mutual nondisclosure agreement is standard for every accepted engagement. It is signed before unpublished materials move—not offered later as an upgrade.
Files have an exit.
Access, storage, retention, and deletion are agreed before work begins. “Keep everything forever” is never the silent default.
No invented reporting.
No fabricated sources, quotations, scenes, access, expertise, or credentials. Questions and factual gaps are surfaced, never disguised.
The hand disappears.
The aim is not to impose a house voice. The finished work should sound like you on your clearest, most exacting day.
Employment rules matter.
Writers are responsible for observing newsroom, publisher, agency, contractual, and professional-disclosure policies that apply to outside help.
Boundaries stay written.
Deliverables, rounds, deadlines, fee, credit, and the secure working channel are set before the engagement opens.
Discreet is a way of handling trust.See how work begins ↗
It is not permission to deceive.