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15 / 30  ·  Restoration, memory & legacy

Inherited poems, fading notebooks and difficult handwriting. I find the work and bring it back.

A notebook does not become less important because the ink is fading. A poem written by your grandfather does not become disposable because nobody can decipher the handwriting anymore. Send me the pages, fragments and uncertain sequences. I will work through the material carefully, recover what can be recovered, order what has scattered and return the writing in a form that can be read again.

I will not modernise the soul out of it. The work is restoration, not replacement. Some words have already survived decades. They deserve help surviving the next ones.

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How we work

  1. You reach out. Share the photograph, the person, the situation or the fragment - as much or as little as you can bear to. There is no correct brief.
  2. We agree the scope. Before anything is written, we settle what the piece is, its length and its intention. The commission is confirmed with a 50% advance.
  3. I write. The work is made for you alone, delivered within 10–15 working days for base 40-page scope. One considered revision is included so the words land exactly where they should.

Scope & confidentiality

Every commission begins with an agreed scope - what will be written, its length, its tone and its purpose - so there are no surprises on either side. Nothing is begun before that scope and the advance are settled together.

What you share stays private. Your story, your materials and the finished writing are treated as yours alone and are never published, resold or used elsewhere without your explicit, written consent. Where a commission is anonymous by design, that anonymity is protected without exception.

Before you commission

The practical details, without making you decode the poetry.

The literary opening tells you what the service feels like. These answers tell you exactly how it works, what is delivered and where the boundaries sit.

What is this service?

A restoration and transcription service for inherited poems, fading notebooks and difficult handwriting that deserve to survive in readable form.

Who is it for?

Families and custodians of personal archives who want handwritten literary material identified, transcribed, organised and preserved.

What will I receive?

A cleaned transcription and organised digital record for the agreed page scope, with uncertain readings or missing material clearly marked.

How does the interview or briefing work?

A short archive conversation establishes provenance, language, writer identity, family knowledge and the desired degree of editorial intervention.

What information or material should I prepare?

High-resolution scans or physical access, known names and dates, language clues, page order and permission from the archive owner.

How long does it take?

The current typical delivery window shown for this service is 10–15 working days for base 40-page scope. Timing begins after the agreed interview and source material are complete.

What does it cost?

The current listed fee is ₹7,500. 50% to begin. Any change in length, research, number of interviews, urgency, design or commercial rights is agreed before additional work begins.

How many revisions are included?

One included. Revision is for factual, tonal or emphasis adjustments within the accepted brief; a different audience, form or central direction may require a new scope.

How is confidentiality handled?

Private material is used only for the agreed commission. RDC Unsaid does not publish, quote, reuse or turn the work into a portfolio example without explicit written permission.

Who owns and may use the final writing?

The finished work is supplied for the use agreed in the commission. Personal sharing is normally part of that purpose; public, commercial, adaptation and attribution rights should be recorded in the accepted scope or agreement.

When might this not be the right service?

Restoration cannot guarantee recovery of illegible text or authenticate authorship without adequate evidence.