FDC offers professionalism, organization, and the “translation” of your ideas into polished, professional written documents, including websites, brochures, newsletters, grant proposals, press releases, and more. FDC’s clients find the writing project process to be easy and fun. As a bonus, they often gain insights about their own companies, products, or services.

Each project has its own set of requirements, but the typical process for an FDC project is as follows:

Step 1 – Initial Consultation

The initial consultation involves a face-to-face, phone, or e-mail exchange to determine some basic parameters for your project, and whether or not FDC is a good fit to provide services. You will be asked about details like the goals, main message, and intended placement of the document, as well as how it fits into your overall marketing strategy. Contact us to get started.

Step 2 – Proposal

Based on the initial consultation, a detailed estimate will be prepared that outlines FDC’s understanding of your needs and how we propose to meet them. The estimate includes background information, goals for the project, a task list, a timeline, and pricing. You will be asked to review this document and let us know if you want to proceed with the project as outlined, or with adjustments.

Step 3 – Services Agreement

When you approve the proposal, we will send you a Services Agreement. This agreement includes FDC’s policies, and serves as a contract for the project.

Step 4 – Project Initiation

Once the agreement has been signed, and an initial payment has been exchanged, project work can begin!

Step 5 – Research, Interviews, and Drafting

In this phase of the project, we will conduct research and interviews to gather information for your document. We will then use this information to develop an initial draft.

Step 6 – Review #1

We will send the initial draft to you, typically as an MS Word document attached to an e-mail message. Your task is to review the document, and alert us to any changes that need to be made. We prefer that clients use the Track Changes function in Word to indicate revisions, but we can work with just about any method you feel comfortable with. Minor to moderate revisions are expected during this round.

Step 7 – Revision #1

Once you send your changes, we will incorporate them into the document, making sure it remains accurate and polished. If we believe your changes conflict with the goals of the document, or otherwise make the document worse, rather than better, we will (kindly!) let you know, and work with you to ensure a successful outcome.

Step 8 – Review #2

We will send the second draft to you. Again, your task is to review the document, and alert us to any changes that need to be made. Minor revisions are expected during this round.

Step 9 – Revision #2

We will incorporate changes to the second draft into the document, again making sure it remains accurate and polished.

Step 10 – Finalization

The end result of the writing project process is the final draft! We will send you the final document in MS Word format, or another format at your request.