#AskTeamLit Essentially we're buying the writer's time, so they can concentrate fully on creating new work in a professional manner. Many quite simple ask for the amount required to support their living expenses over the writing time period... https://twitter.com/cybercrofter/status/1303325725639012353

... others may ask for lost revenue from other activity (for example giving up freelance writing opportunities to assign that time to writing a novel). There are of course industry standards that can be found through organisations such as the Society of Authors and NUJ...

... although many are difficult to apply to long term projects such as novel writing, where standard payment is generally through a negotiated publisher advance rather than page or day rate. As the others mention, feel free to check in with us and ask for your specific project