How it often works today	How it works on WBA
You’re found through who you know	You’re found through your profile, samples and record
Terms live in a chat	A contract is accepted by both sides before work starts
Pay up front and hope, or deliver and hope	Each stage is funded before it starts and released when accepted.
Ownership was never written down	Rights and credit are set out in the contract
Ghostwritten work leaves no trace	Your record counts confidential work without exposing it
Nobody says whether AI wrote it	AI use is declared at the bid and at every delivery
When it goes wrong, someone stops replying	A dispute is decided on the contract and the record
Reputation is hearsay	Reviews and floors come from completed work

How hiring runs

Hire with confidence, one stage at a time.

Post a brief to the board, invite a shortlist, or hire one writer directly. Writers bid blind, you choose, and the platform holds the contract, the milestone plan and the development gates, so the work runs on rails from first brief to final delivery.

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Your engagementStep by step

01 You choose the writerOpen, invited or direct. You always chooseDone
02 Contract accepted by both partiesGenerated for your arrangement and jurisdictionActive
03 Milestone held by the partnerOpens when both acceptances are recordedLocked
04 Gate approved, funds releasedOpens when milestone one is confirmed heldLocked

Choose the craft, not a category.

Each writer shows a sample for every vertical they work in, and earns their floor in each separately, from completed work.

Books and publishing

Long-form work for authors and institutions: memoir, fiction, poetry and occasion poems, biography and histories, faith, educational and journalistic writing, book proposals, and the editing and statutory publishing that follow.

MemoirThought leadershipFictionPoetry

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Screen and stage

Scripts for film, television, animation, audio and theatre, written to industry format and reviewed at the points a producer actually needs to see.

FeaturesSeries biblesSeries episodesScript doctoring

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Business writing

Documents that have to land: tenders and government bids, business plans and pitch decks, research and policy papers, reports, proposals and speeches for businesses, governments, institutions and non-profits.

TendersGovernment proposalsGovernment contract applicationsGrant applications

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Editorial & production

Everything that turns a manuscript into a finished, published book: editing and proofreading, design and illustration, typesetting, formatting and ebook conversion, indexing, translation across African and world languages, printers to print it and publishers to publish it.

Developmental editingCopy editingProofreadingAcademic editing

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For writers

Real writers deserve real structure.

The AI era makes your voice worth more. Work under contract, build a record that counts confidential work without exposing it, and rise on what you deliver.

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What you can count on

You choose your writerOpen, invited or direct: the choice is always yours.Always

Payment through a dedicated partnerEach stage is paid through Pandascrow, and the money for it stays with the payment partner until the stage is accepted.Always

Bids compared on meritYou choose on fit and quality, on structured bids shown side by side.Always

Floors are earnedEvery writer starts on the Ground floor and rises only on completed work and reviews.Always

Original commissioned writingWBA is a marketplace for original, commissioned work.Always

AI use declaredWriters declare AI use when they bid and with every delivery.Always

Find your writer.

Browse writers across books, screen, business and editorial work, or put a brief on the board and let them come to you.

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