Why choose Wit & Words?

In short, value for money.

Our rates are somewhere in between a freelancer's and a conventional agency's, with the quality of our service nearer (dare we say, even equivalent?) to the latter.

How we do it is we do not hire a bevy of writers and designers on the payroll, but engage suitable persons (professionals who are experienced and simply brilliant at their work) for each project. This way, our overheads are kept to a minimum which translates to better rates for the clients and we get the best person(s) for the job at hand.

Are writing rates really that high?!
"You pay peanuts, you get monkeys." 
As crude as that sounds, it's very true. There are many 'writers' in the market who charge very low rates, but may fall short of the professionalism, understanding, skill, eloquence and flair of established writers. If you do find one who fits these criteria yet have low rates, please let us know for we'd love to hire him/her as our sub-writer (just kidding!).

And yes, the rates for professional writers are within this range and increases depending on years of experience and portfolio.

You don't have a proper office? Are you a bona fide agency?
We creative people do not like to be confined within four walls. We're crazy that way. Whenever we have a 'meeting', we would decide on where would be the best place to work that day (yes, we do end up in Starbucks oftentimes. It makes us happy).

We did (and still do occasionally) consider renting an office space, since clients seem to believe in brick and mortar businesses, but we would probably underutilise the space and worse...increase our rates to cover our increased overheads. 

I'm still not convinced...
We can always meet up for a chat, or 'try out' for a small project. The great thing about engaging us is that you continue the service only if you are satisfied, unlike hiring a permanent employee that turns out to be less than expected (read: expensive mistake).

How did you (Ling) end up being a copywriter?
My love of words started with Enid Blyton, later Jane Austen and autobiographies, and recently Asian literature. I liked that language form thoughts, transformed into stories, pictures and created ideas in our heads.

It wasn't until I took a Creative Writing course in University (frankly to fulfill the credit requirements) when my lecturer Robert Raymer said nice things about my work that I even realised I could write. I looked forward to his classes every week since then.

To cut short my long-windedness, five years into the corporate world and I was finding myself jaded and exhausted. An opportunity presented itself for me to be a ghostwriter on a book project and I jumped on it. That was the beginning of my freelance writing career.

See: The Right Writer