10 Steps to Writing a Vital Speech: The Definitive Guide to Professional Speechwriting
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The boss asks, “Can you write a speech?” She wants you to say yes. You want to say yes. But the truth is, you’re not sure. That’s when you turn to 10 Steps to Vital Speechwriting , the pithy, wise, realistic and readable guide to speechwriting. It’s written by speechwriting guru Fletcher Dean, and published by the prestigious monthly magazine Vital Speeches of the Day . 10 Steps to Vital Speechwriting is a brisk guide through the skills that make speechwriting such a valued and lucrative communication specialty. It teaches readers how to analyze audiences, target them with your message, interview the speaker and research the speech, form your material into a compelling story, give it structure, write it with style, create visual aids and coach your speaker through the delivery process. This manual contains insider tips, checklists and counterintuitive but important truths. And every lesson in this book is illuminated by an inspiring and helpful example from speeches by presidents and prime ministers, CEOs and military generals, political provocateurs and church leaders. Readers of this manual will not only be able to respond to their worried boss in the affirmative, they’ll be raring to go. Review: The author is clearly a brilliant and engaging author - Just read the first couple of chapters. A true pleasure to read. The author is clearly a brilliant and engaging author, knowing how to introduce vital points of a good speech while you are charmed reading. Thank you! Review: Great! - Great guide and insights! I would recommend it to anyone who is or aspires to be a speechwriter. Thank you!
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T**M
The author is clearly a brilliant and engaging author
Just read the first couple of chapters. A true pleasure to read. The author is clearly a brilliant and engaging author, knowing how to introduce vital points of a good speech while you are charmed reading. Thank you!
J**N
Great!
Great guide and insights! I would recommend it to anyone who is or aspires to be a speechwriter. Thank you!
C**Z
Good starting point.
A good start to learn to write speeches.
S**T
Buy This Book Before You Write Your Next Speech
As a speechwriter with more than 30 years of experience, I found 10 Steps to Writing a Vital Speech to be interesting and informative. It reaffirmed much of what I know about speechwriting, but also gave me many new insights and ideas to work with. I would highly recommend this book to beginning speechwriters as a comprehensive and easy-to-follow guide to the fundamentals of the craft. I also recommend it to experienced speechwriters as a useful checklist to keep your efforts on track as well as a thoughtful exploration of what it means to be a speechwriter. Grizzled veterans will find the last chapter, "How to be a speechwriter -- and survive" to be especially enlightening.
S**E
Most Helpful When Combined with "Political Speechwriter's Companion"
Well written with helpful frameworks and inspiring examples. Buy this and Robert Lehrman's "Political Speechwriter's Companion" and you'll be set for life.
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