Creative freelancers: do you put early contract termination clauses into your contracts?

I freelanced for a well-known NYC agency a couple years ago and they ended the contract 2 weeks early due to the project being halted. I want to protect myself from that happening again but not sure if that’s common. What are fair terms and how to bring up/include in a contract?

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Kill fee. Standard terms. Your day rate/weekly rate at 1.5 - 2x. Or a flat kill fee. Dealers choice. Typically, the earlier the cut the higher the premium charged. You only have to do this once. Max twice and they’ll understand.

They could also have put you on other work streams. But not always possible.

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Same question as D1 above.

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