How It Works

 

We take incredible story ideas and collaborate with talented writers to bring them to life.

Story ideas and concepts are created by our in-house team, which are then fleshed out into detailed character profiles and outlines. We then work with one of our writers to bring this outline to life.

We love great stories (who doesn’t?) and we’re passionate about the people who write them.

When you work with us, you’ll be working with people who respect and admire what you do – because they’re writers too. Write for us and be part of an ambitious, supportive team who have one goal: to create amazing stories

 the RELAY WRITING process

Story ideas and concepts are created by our in-house team using market research and good old fashioned brainstorming.
These ideas are then fleshed out into detailed outlines and character profiles forming a project pack.
We then go through our pool of writers to find a voice & style that fit the story best.
The writer is approached with the concept and outline. If their schedule is open, we’ll discuss the story, set-up payment terms and a contract with them to write the story.
Each writer is assigned a story expert and an experienced editor. They will be your contacts if you have any questions about the outline and to help you shape the story to its best possible version.
Once the story is finished, you’ll be sent the copyright contract to sign and then paid in full.

RIGHTS TO THE STORY

This is a commissioned work-for-hire project, so after payment is released the full rights of the story will be transferred to us.

Many writers have used commissioned projects to learn the craft and propel their writing career.

Paula Hawkins, bestselling writer of The Girl On The Train credits her commissioned work with developing herself as a fiction writer. Find out more about how ghostwriting can help you become a better creative writer here. 

…the Amy Silver novels were commissioned. I was given the idea by someone else.

They were really fantastic as a learning experience for a fiction writer. I really got to flex my fiction muscles and try things out, play around with structures.

So by the time I got to this book, which really came from me and was all my own ideas and what I wanted to do, I had an idea in my head how I wanted to structure things and how I was going to pace things, and what might work and what might not. It was a really good instruction into writing.

Paula Hawkins

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Payment Rates

Our rates are extremely competitive—please contact us for more information.

If you’re interested in writing for Relay Publishing, fill in our application form

Apply to be a Relay writer

THE RELAY REcruitment Process

Sample review—Submit a sample of your best work and one of our editors will review it. Expect a reply within 7 days.
Paid trial—You’ll receive a prompt or sample to work on during a paid trial. This is then sent to a senior editor to review.
Hired!  – You are now part of the Relay writing team