By: Jane Sumerset
Submitted: 2010-01-04 11:14:45 | Word Count: 494
Writing a quick speech can really be a bad idea for some people who are not that talented enough to make it as part of their lives or for those who are afraid to have their speeches in front of the crowd. You may think that it is a lot better if you will write a speech ahead of time. Maybe, it will be good if you will start making your speech some days before you will read it to the public.
But what if you do not have so much time and you really need to write it down within a couple of hours? Do you think you can really make it? I bet you can. There some things that you need to consider when writing a quick speech. If you want it to finish as soon as possible, you need not to worry about it since you can handle it on your own. But, you need to learn something in order to make it a successful one.
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Since we rarely need to do them, few of us have much experience when it comes to writing speeches. Unless you’re working for a political figure that constantly needs to address a crowd, you’ll likely have little practice putting one together.
As such, I’ve found it of immense value to use the pre made templates from English writing software (which includes several formats for speeches) whenever I need to write one.
In case you are pressed for time and need to prepare a speech, I have found this format to be extremely helpful. I consider it my default structure, the one I immediately resort to when a complete speech is needed without enough time to prepare for it.
However, you can’t start making your own speech if you don’t even know the topic of the event. You need to know the theme for the event and for you to formulate your own concept about it through your speech. You need not to be afraid and get nervous about it, you can really do it and you will. Now, here are the ingredients of baking out a good and successful speech.
Figure out early on how long the speech needs to be. Will it be 3,000, 5,000 or 10,000 words? Once you have the number, it’s time to begin writing it with the following structure:
•Introduction (10 of the word length)
•First fact
•Supporting evidence for the first fact
•Second fact
•Supporting evidence for the second fact
•Third fact
•Supporting evidence for the third fact
•Conclusion (15 of the word length)
We highly recommend stretching the speech to cover three issues instead of just one big subject. Transitioning from one subject to another is almost a guaranteed way to keep off being boring as the shift in ideas forces people to pay attention. If you need to discuss just one topic, you can subdivide it into three parts in order to achieve the recommended structure.
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