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ATTORNEYS BACKSTAGE PULLING BACK THE CURTAIN ON: De-Collaboration and Ending Professional Relationships.

The article provides guidance for dramatists on how to end unproductive professional relationships, including collaborations with other writers, agent agreements, and publishing contracts. Topics include de-collaboration under joint authorship rules, terminating agent relationships with written noti...

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Published in:Dramatist Vol. 28; no. 2; pp. 16 - 18
Main Author: FENDERSON, LEESA
Format: Article
Published: Dramatists Guild of America, Inc. Spring2026
Subjects:
Authorship collaboration
Contracts
Author-publisher relations
Professional relationships
Discharge of contracts
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
Summary:The article provides guidance for dramatists on how to end unproductive professional relationships, including collaborations with other writers, agent agreements, and publishing contracts. Topics include de-collaboration under joint authorship rules, terminating agent relationships with written notice; and key clauses for exiting publishing agreements.