The services that Wordsworth can provide cover most aspects of the writing process: planning and management of writing projects, the design and writing of the required documents, editing and updating existing documents, preparation of on-line documentation and help systems, and the analysis and preparation of training materials.

One of the most important aspects of providing contract writing services is making sure that the end result meets the client's needs. The first stage of any project is therefore usually a matter of producing an outline, a skeleton, or a dummy table of contents, so that client and writer can discuss and agree on the details of the content, scope and style. This typically takes about three to five days, and can be made the subject of a separate preliminary purchase order. In this way, not only can the end product be quite precisely specified, but also in many cases a firm price can be established for the main body of the work.