17 / 30 · Restoration, memory & legacy
You have the story. I help it stop living in your head and become a chapter.
You already know the story. Perhaps you have told it at dinners, carried it for years or opened five documents titled 'Chapter One'. The problem is no longer having something to say. It is giving the story architecture, pace and a voice strong enough to survive the page.
We talk. I find the centre of gravity. Then I help turn the material into one finished chapter that behaves like literature rather than notes. One chapter can be small enough to begin and substantial enough to prove the book is no longer imaginary.
How we work
- 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.
- 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.
- I write. The work is made for you alone, delivered within 3–4 weeks. 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.