The unique feature I offer my wedding clients is the love story, delivered before the official and more traditional elements of the ceremony begin. I pull my data from a two page questionnaire that both bride and groom fill out after their initial interview.
It's a challenge to write these love stories: sometimes people tell me things they don't actually want revealed (I see how a reporter has to work), and sometimes they tell me so little I have to stretch my imagination to get a full story out. Those who know my work often ask which scenario is preferable--tons of information and juicy detail, or snippets of ambiguous half sentences that only hint at the true nature of the couple's love connection.
The short answer is I like more detail. It's easier to edit down than to make things up. However, working with little hints can be fun. I have a current couple who I won't actually meet until their wedding rehearsal and who are shy about their story, but the very few tips I have from them surprised me in how much I could guess at their threads of affection for each other, their shared values, and their common goals. I wrote the whole story based on the threads of affection, as this is where the poetry of love story writing happens.
There are some things every wedding love story has in common with everyone else's: an inner knowing that this one is different; a trust that this person will not betray you; a connectivity factor that promises a lifelong friendship; an ability to compromise, to find the middle ground to everything that really counts. And one more thing: I've never met a couple who never had to say "I'm sorry".
