We’re looking forward to introducing you to Wintress Odom. Check out our conversation below.
Hi Wintress, thank you so much for taking time out of your busy day to share your story, experiences and insights with our readers. Let’s jump right in with an interesting one: What do you think is misunderstood about your business?
A lot.
When you tell people you write for a living, the biggest assumption is that it’s a glamorous, creative life — long days in beautiful cabins, staring thoughtfully out the window. It’s not. The kind of writing we do — even the creative work — is challenging and requires as much logic and structure as creativity. It takes project management, organization, business acumen, and constant communication with clients.
With books and ghostwriting, people often question the idea of ghostwriting itself. They wonder how someone could write something and let someone else put their name on it. But it’s not strange at all if you think about it. You wouldn’t hesitate to call a speech your own if you worked with a speechwriter. You provided the ideas, the voice, the story — they just helped shape it into something that connects. Our authors (that’s what we call our clients) aren’t writers; they’re business leaders, experts, or people with remarkable stories or passions. They bring the experience and ideas — the real content — and we bring the craft and structure to help them share it.
Our business and technical writing services are misunderstood in a completely different way. Many people assume they need to come to us with a fully mapped-out project. They don’t. We handle the entire process — defining deliverables, timelines, and interview lists; organizing materials; developing the structure; mapping out how everything connects; and even planning how it will be delivered and distributed. All our clients really need to do is describe the problem they’re trying to solve — and we generate the content that delivers real-world results.
Can you briefly introduce yourself and share what makes you or your brand unique?
I’m Wintress Odom, owner and senior editor at The Writers For Hire, Inc. I started this business because I love writing and solving problems — and when you combine the two, you get the chance to solve problems through writing. We provide full-service solutions that take complex challenges and turn them into useful, engaging content — whether that’s tracking decades of genealogy, creating SOPs that are delivered and trained, producing external communications that satisfy multiple stakeholder requirements, crafting books that get handed to family on Christmas morning, or designing a 100-page website that flows seamlessly as a single, cohesive story.
What makes us unique is our truly collaborative approach. We don’t just take a client’s directives and write; we partner with them to understand their challenges and create complete solutions. Every project — from books and thought leadership content to communications programs and large, integrated content initiatives — is fully scoped, structured, and executed. Our work is thoughtful, end-to-end, and designed to produce content that works in the real world, not just exist on a page.
Okay, so here’s a deep one: What did you believe about yourself as a child that you no longer believe?
I believed I was always right — and that it was my duty to prove it, for everyone’s own good. After all, they’d all be better off if they just knew the right answer, right? Yeah… I was that kid. Looking back, I’ve learned that maybe it’s okay to be wrong sometimes… and that people really can survive without me correcting everything.
When you were sad or scared as a child, what helped?
I grew up an only child in the middle of nowhere. Since my only playmate was often myself, I developed a very active imagination. Whenever I got scared, I would sing out loud. Seriously. I’d pretend I was a princess trapped in a dark dungeon and sing to distract myself. Because, really… how can you be scared and sing at the same time? It got a little awkward when I got to Kindergarten and people could actually hear me. Thankfully, I eventually developed enough social awareness to hum in my head instead.
Alright, so if you are open to it, let’s explore some philosophical questions that touch on your values and worldview. What important truth do very few people agree with you on?
I believe most people are good, want to be good, and can be good. Most actions, even when flawed, are well-meaning — and even when they’re not, they’re usually at least explainable. People struggle, make mistakes, and can be incredibly selfish. But we can also be heroic and beautiful.
Time and again, we’ve shown we can overcome enormous challenges. Yes, we face scary times — environmental destruction, social injustice, political unrest — but humanity has faced huge challenges before. Every era feels like it has the biggest problems because they’re the ones we live in. We’ve solved tough challenges in the past, and we will do so again.
It won’t be easy. It will be messy, and we’ll stumble along the way. But as long as we keep trying, we’ll keep finding solutions. The only real way we lose is by deciding the world is too far gone to bother fixing — because the moment we stop believing it can get better, we make sure it won’t.
Okay, so let’s keep going with one more question that means a lot to us: If you laid down your name, role, and possessions—what would remain?
At my core, I’m a person who needs to build things. I notice what can be improved, and the next step is to improve it. It’s not about choice or even desire — it’s just something that has to be done. Building isn’t just what I do; it’s how I engage with the world, how I find purpose in it, and how I find my flow.
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