How and Why You Should Hire a Wedding Vow Writer

When it comes to your wedding, there’s so much to coordinate. The floral arrangements, color scheme, DJ playlist, seating chart, and the dress—my goodness, the dress! Amidst the wedding planning, the one item on every list of action items that tends to get pushed aside by couples is the vow writing. It’s not because couples don’t find writing unique wedding vows to be an essential and important part of their wedding ceremony. Rather, it’s because of the pressure, fear, and writer's block that plague their minds.

That’s where I come in to help. I’m a professional wedding vow and toast writer. I collaborate with couples to write the personal wedding vows couples desire but are too frozen by overwhelm to begin on their own.

As a writer and someone who loves a good love story, it’s my dream job to help write your own vows. If you’re engaged and your wedding day is just a couple months away, you’re likely entering that phase of worry about your wedding vows: I’m not a writer. I don’t know what to say. What if I sound silly?

I’m here to put this negative internal noise to rest by sharing with you how and why you should hire a professional wedding vow writer to help you.

Why You Should Hire a Wedding Vow Writer

Because You’re Not a Writer

You’re hiring a baker to make your wedding cake and a photographer take your pictures (despite you being able to take killer photos on your iPhone). Why? Because while you may dabble in baking and taking pictures, these are not your areas of expertise. So you turn to a professional!

When it comes to writing your vows, it’s the same scenario. You may be decent as stringing together a few words but will it really capture what’s in your heart? Will you feel confident delivering the speech in front of all your guests? Are these words the ones you want to be recorded on video for all of Facebook and your future grandchildren to see?

To Overcome Your Anxiety and Fear

The fear of not knowing how to articulate your emotions can prevent you from even beginning to write your own vows. When you think about everyone who will be watching you speak, it becomes paralyzing to write personal wedding vows.

Often, you are simply too close to a situation to tackle it. You get in your head and when you’re there, you get stuck. A wedding vow writer is a person who can listen to what’s in your heart and convey it in words that sound just like you. You’ll feel much more confident delivering your vows knowing it’s what you wanted to say.

By working with someone, you won’t have to be consumed by fear or handicapped from writing your own vows.

So You Can Honor Your Love Story

Your fiancé means the world to you. Writing your unique wedding vows will be the ultimate love letter to him.

Talk about pressure! How can you do it justice? With so much emotion, pressure, and stress surrounding this moment, it can often become too difficult to convey into words how you really feel.

In this case, it’s super helpful to have a professional wedding vow writer collaborate with you. It’s their job to take the stress out of the process and put your heart into words so your love story can really shine.

How to Hire a Wedding Vow Writer

Understand Your Needs

If you’re considering collaborating with a wedding vow writer, first think about your personal needs.

Why are you looking to hire help? Do you already have a first draft but want a professional to review and polish what you’ve already started? Are you completely stuck on how to even begin and want the writer to take the lead on interviewing you and then writing the first draft for you to review and provide feedback?

Consider what you’re expecting the wedding writer to help you with before you contact them to ensure your expectations are properly met.


Research

When you’ve come across a wedding vow writer you’re considering hiring, do your homework on the writer.

Do they have any testimonials you can read? Can you view her writing through blog posts she’s written?

Check out their Instagram account. Does her brand speak to you?

Start a Conversation

Reach out! There’s only so much information you can gather from a website and Instagram account. Contact the wedding vow writer to start a conversation. This person should be ready and willing to answer any questions you have before you commit.

These are my tips for how and why you should hire a wedding vow writer. I’d love to hear from you! Would you consider collaborating on your personal wedding vows with a professional writer? Or would you rather stick with writing your own vows?

If you are interested in working together to write your unique wedding vows, let’s connect at Wedding Words. I’m excited to start a conversation with you!

Testimonials

Love my vows Katelyn!!!! It’s such a relief to have this out of the way so I can focus on all the rest of the stuff I need to do! 

You were my very favorite part of the process!! Your experience and confidence in the process took all the stress out of writing my vows!

— Natalie, Florida

I thought the process was outstanding. You did a great job communicating, and I thought the turnaround time for editing was perfect. I also thought the video interview was great in that it was personal and meaningful!

— Jordan

I am a storyteller, not a speechwriter. I was incredibly intimidated about writing one.

So thankful to find Katelyn to get my thoughts all in order. Very proud of how the speech came out. Looking forward to giving it!

— Jennifer Whitley, Texas

I had such a wonderful experience working with Katelyn. She truly helped mold perfect vows that I can’t wait to tell my fiancé on our wedding day! 

Katelyn was friendly, sweet, and super easy to work with. I will definitely be calling her up if I have to give another speech in the near future.

— Jordanne, California

Katelyn was professional, easy to talk to, and made the interviewing process fun. She came well prepared with unexpected and thought-provoking questions to get a better understanding of our love story and who we are as a couple.

She was a pleasure to work with and made the vow writing process enjoyable.

— Kimi Kinsey, South Carolina

Working with Katelyn on my maid of honor toast was an incredible experience. She really took the time to understand my relationship with my best friend and used my responses to craft a toast that put my thoughts and feelings into words in a way that I never would have been able to do on my own.

Before working with Katelyn, I was nervous and stressed about giving (and writing) such a big, important speech. But now I’m so relieved that it’s done, and I honestly can’t wait to stand up and tell everyone exactly what my best friend means to me.

— Allyssa, New Jersey

I didn’t actually know this service existed until I discovered Katelyn! It was such a fun experience to video chat with her about my best friend who is getting married this summer.

I don’t have to stress about writing this a few weeks before my best friend’s wedding. Thank you so much and I can’t wait to read it at my best friend’s wedding!

— Gabby