Do you hate reading? My writing service is for you

Image by Harriet Ruscoe

 

You don’t have to read the words I write for you at all! Instead, you can get a voice memo of your written documents. And listen whenever suits you.

Up to certain limits, this is included in the price of the overall job.

Woohoo! A useful something extra for no extra cost.

Why is this good for me?

This is a popular option with several different types of client:

Prefer to listen than read

Are you that kind of person? Do you always turn on the sound to watch a video? Do you remember what you hear, better than what you read?

I’m not getting into a learning styles argument here, but some people take in information more efficiently when they hear something, rather than read it.

If this is just your preferred way of getting information, just ask for a voice memo of whatever written documents I’m working on with you.

Multitasking time saver

Sometimes people prefer to listen just because its more time efficient.

If I write for you::

  • You can listen to your new website copy while you’re out for a run
  • Hear your latest batch of blogs during your commute
  • Press play and I’ll read your newsletter to you while you make the dinner

Learning disabilities cost time

If you have any kind of literacy based learning disability, it usually means that anything written takes more time and effort. 

According to the NHS, one in ten people in the UK fall somewhere on the dyslexia scale. And that’s a figure for just the best known learning disability.

Add this small, additional support to your other well-developed strategies. As one dyslexic client said, “Hearing it just speeds everything up.”

You speak English as an additional language

Again, it’s a time saver to be able to listen to words, rather than have to decode the meaning from the writing. Especially with all the ridiculous spellings English throws at you!

If you’ve ever studied another language, you probably remember how much more difficult it is to read and write in a different language, than it is to hold a conversation. Thinking about my A-level French written exam still makes me anxious – and that was a looooong time ago.

So if English is your additional language, make life a bit easier for yourself and get a voice memo of your business documents.

You hate reading

Maybe you don’t know why, but you just hate reading.

How do you know how I feel?

I don’t know exactly how you feel about reading and writing.

But I do know just how much I loathed school PE with every fibre of my being. And how much that’s influenced my relationship with exercise as an adult. Some of you feel like that about reading and writing.

And I don’t know how you feel about multitasking, or navigating life with a learning disability, or being someone who communicates in more than one language.

  • I can’t multitask. I cannot do more than one thing at a time. Properly, that is.
  • I don’t have a literacy learning disability.
  • I barely remember that A level French, or GCSE German, nevermind being multilingual.
  • I prefer to take information in by reading and writing notes.

But…

My most important focus in my last career as primary school teacher was to make sure that every single child had access to appropriate learning. I apply this honed empathy, constant learning and considerate communication to my work as a writer – giving you the best service I possibly can.

Why are you adding this service without any extra cost?

Part of my working process is reading the final edit aloud to myself, to really make sure it ‘sounds right’. Literally. So the only extra thing I need to do is remembering to record it on my phone.

No extra time or cost for me. So – none for you!

There will be a ‘reasonable’ cap on the ‘free’ part. (No 50 page websites, or novels!)

I believe that it really is just part of giving all my clients the best service possible. To me, this means meeting their needs, including full accessibility to the work I deliver.

Fair Warning

Two things you need to be aware of:

  1. I don’t listen to your voice memos before I send them. My recorded voice sounds so awful to me that I would delete them immediately.
  2. I may unwittingly slip back into my ‘story telling’ voice. In my past life as a primary school teacher, story time was my absolute favourite part of the day. I’m told this particular ‘story’ voice occasionally takes over – I can only apologise in advance!

Interested?

Are you avoiding a business project because you know you’re going to have to read the end result?

Well, now I can write it for you and you can listen to the result. You can even email me your response as a voice memo. 

You don’t have to tell me why you’d like the voice memo, you just have to tell me you’d like me to include it as part of the service. I treat all my clients’ personal details with complete confidentiality, if you do want to share. 

Hope you find this an extra time saver in your already packed life. I look forward to working with you!

Featured image (isn’t it great?!): By Harriet Ruscoe

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