Blank editorial worksheet · N10026-021

Creator budget-reply card

One card covers one creator message. Use the decision tree to pick the reply, or keep many threads in the blank CSV register.

Local blank template. No submit action, no saving, no example creator, rate or result. Keep real messages and approvals in your own workspace. This is an editorial method, not legal or tax advice.

A. The message

Thread and platform

Received (date, time, time zone)

Creator’s message, pasted exactly

What it asks for

Who wrote (creator, manager, unknown)

B. Six scope lines

Write each line as the creator would need it to quote. Write “unknown” rather than guessing.

1. Deliverable and count

2. Platform and format

3. Rights: channel, term, territory

4. Timing and revisions

5. Disclosure and approval before posting

6. Payment terms and exclusivity (or “none asked”)

C. Three questions

1. Can the scope be written in lines 1 to 5 without “unknown”? Yes No: send Reply A

2. Does the message already refuse a line you require? No Yes: send Reply D, naming the line

Which line, in their words

3. Is a figure for this scope approved in writing? No: send Reply B Yes: send Reply C

A. The message

B. Six scope lines

C. Three questions

D. The reply and the follow-up