An interview is the one format that cannot exist without a person, because somebody has to ask the second question. The first question is on every list. The second one comes from listening to the answer to the first.
We prepare, record, transcribe, and edit quotes for your subjects, and control the approval round in order to avoid press release language being used in the final distribution.
Subjects who have been media trained know how to answer the question they’ve been prepared for. Breaking past this needs a follow up that shows you were listening, coupled with an awkwardly long 4 second pause (so awkwardly long it shouldn’t be able to be automated). None of this is something that can be automated, and there’s an interview without these elements is a quasi-verbatim collection of quotes of things no one actually said (ie fabricated content).
No partial credit. Invented quotes, attributed to someone named and (that are part of) a fictitious interview, aren’t weak writing, it’s something that can get you in serious trouble. You can be made to retract that. The subject reads the article and doesn’t recognize a word.
Most of the job is preparation. The writer of this speech has used their time well. First, they have read everything the subject has said and written so they don’t have to chronologically as they can skip it. Next, the writer has developed an order of questions where the first ones are easy and the more complex one is at the thirty-five minute spot. Lastly, the editing is done to remove the uhs and jags and some of the speech patterns are kept, but as a general rule, they are all removed.
Provide the name of the subject, their availability, and what information you’d like the interview to capture. We manage scheduling, recording, and consent. If your subject requires approval rights, let us know during the briefing process as this changes how our writers phrase questions, length of time required, etc.
One rate, whatever the format: $10 per 100 words. You are paying for the writer’s time and judgement, so the price scales with the words rather than with a package tier.
| Typical interview | Words | Writing | Fee (1%) | You pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Short Q&A | 800 | $80 | $0.80 | $80.80 |
| Standard interview | 1,400 | $140 | $1.40 | $141.40 |
| Long-form interview | 2,400 | $240 | $2.40 | $242.40 |
The writer receives 100% of the writing price. Our 1% fee is added on top of it, and 0.5% is donated to tree planting. Full pricing breakdown.
Yes. Send two or three pieces you like the sound of, or your style guide. Matching an established voice is ordinary work for a writer and close to impossible for a model that has never read your back catalogue.
Yes. Tell us the volume and cadence and we keep the same writer on the account so the voice stays consistent. The rate does not change with volume.
We do this unless we are introducing you to a friend or someone with whom you have an established relationship. Then we recommend a warm introduction. Whichever the case, we take care of scheduling, recording consent, and the one reminder email that everyone always seems to forget to send.
Yes, one of the versions uses multiple formats, and the other is digitally priced on a word-count basis as opposed to a new commission, because the back end of this reporting has already been paid.
Completely. Copyright transfers to you on delivery, with no attribution requirement and no licence back to us. Nothing written for you is resold, repurposed or republished.
Reviews from completed, paid orders in this category.
Our interviewed subject speaks with a style that is easy to modify into uninspired corporate-speak. The transcriber has authentic cadence, and does not rely on filler. The natural speech of a person is easier to understand. We have filled three more bookings.
We provided a recording and a rough transcript. What came back left the subject’s hesitations in the most important places, and removed them otherwise. They wrote to say that it was the first time they had read an interview of themselves that sounded accurate.
I needed a write-up and got a list of questions, which I ended up copying completely. Question 9 opened a topic that the person had never publicly discussed. The edits of the transcript kept her cadence.
We do not ask you to take the no-AI promise on trust. Each draft is run through these platforms and the reports are attached to your delivery email.
Originality.aiAI detection + plagiarism
GPTZeroAI detection
TurnitinAI detection + similarity
CopyleaksAI detection + plagiarism
Winston AIAI detection
ZeroGPTAI detection
SaplingAI detection
Content at ScaleAI detection
Send the brief, get a human draft back within 3 days. No account, no subscription, no AI.
$10 per 100 words · all of it to the writer · 0.5% to trees