Free Stuff
If you are new to 500 Words, build your confidence here:
- Follow this structure to write a new contract
- Read my STAR Checklist Guide and then use my STAR Checklist to review a contract
- Learn the bare minimum you need for an effective contract
If you want to write crystal clear client-specific contracts for small works
- Rate your client's happiness with my Happiness Check
- Use my Sample Small Works Contracts to write a simple document in just 500 words
- Keep your clients happy with a clear record, based on my book on small works contracts
If you want to safeguard your consultancy without annoying your clients
- Use my Sample Appointments to write a simple document in just 500 words
- Discover why there is no such thing as a watertight appointment
- Protect your ideas and avoid costly cancellations using clauses from my book on consultant appointments
If you want to make sure your letter of intent is not a 'disaster waiting to happen'
- Use my STAR checklist to ‘look like a genius’ when you review a letter of intent
- Use my Sample LoI to create content which is 'good to go' now
- Rate your letter of intent against my 10-point Score Card
- Check you can write LoI wisely in my book on letters of intent and use them sparingly in my free 4-part video series
If you want shorter robust warranties that do everything you need
- Use my Sense Check to work out why existing documents are unnecessarily long
- Use my Sample Warranty to write a simple document in under 500 words
- Find out how to avoid pointless paperchase associated with warranties in my book on collateral warranties


Let Sarah guide you and your team through the minefield that is contract law, while keeping it SIMPLE, INTERACTIVE and ENJOYABLE.
- Watch this space
“Your workshop was one of the most engaging, thought-provoking and fun sessions I have attended.”
Mark Brain
Director, Faithful + Gould