Speech and writing differ in multiple ways. An absurd sentence composed of three subordinate clauses is acceptable in writing, but will leave your speaker stuck halfway through the sentence looking for the verb and probably bringing the audience of 200 with them.
Scripts are written to be read aloud in short segments and units, and punctuation is used to mark where the reader is meant to take a breath. Roughly one hundred and thirty words can be read each minute, so script length is determined by this rate before considering anything else.
A script is, for the most part, a timing device. Most people who run over do so because the script was written to be read, and it’s fairly easy to speak the words and consume about 40% more time than that estimate to do so. A writer who has timed their own drafts hands you something that fits the slot with room to lose your place once.
The scripts you read can be extensive and hard to read but clear to speak. Talks involve a lot of skipped sentences and they end up being twice as long as they would have been if they skipped the skipped sentences. You tend to find this out right before you go on stage, which is probably the worst time of all to find it out.
The writer draws a plan, periodically speaks the plan out loud, and removes all the elements that are uncomfortable to say. Instead of showing the numbers with everything lined up, the writer shows what each number is saying instead, as it is spoken. In a deck of slides, there are slide transitions, and unless you intend on manually narrating a slideshow animation on your own, no one should ever have to do that.
The running order script has all the timings noted, so at minute six you know if you are over or under. Numbers are as you would say them and there’s a pronunciation note for the awkward name. There’s a short version of the name closing the margin for the day the previous speaker took longer than allocated.
One rate, whatever the format: $10 per 100 words. You are paying for the writer’s time and judgement, so the price scales with the words rather than with a package tier.
| Typical presentation script | Words | Writing | Fee (1%) | You pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Short (3 min) | 450 | $45 | $0.45 | $45.45 |
| Standard (10 min) | 1,400 | $140 | $1.40 | $141.40 |
| Long (30 min) | 4,200 | $420 | $4.20 | $424.20 |
The writer receives 100% of the writing price. Our 1% fee is added on top of it, and 0.5% is donated to tree planting. Full pricing breakdown.
Every format is priced identically: $10 per 100 words plus a 1% platform fee. A 1,400-word presentation script comes to $141.40. There is no research surcharge, no rush tier and no minimum retainer.
Up to 3 days. The writer has to read around the subject before writing it, so we quote honestly rather than promising an hour. If your deadline is tighter, say so in the brief and we will tell you before you pay whether we can meet it.
This is what we are going for, and we need to capture it. Record five minutes of yourself talking, unrehearsed. If they’re writing your script, the writer can capture your rhythm and use the phrases you normally use, which will help stop the script from sounding too rehearsed.
Most speakers learn the first and last minute and leave the middle as a safety net. This is what is shown in the brief. So, the writer structured it like this, placing the main sentences separately, making them easier to find.
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Our old procedures were written by people who understood the process. These are not. They name each button on each step. Two of our newer drivers used them without even asking me questions, which has never happened before.
Rewritten policy that is ninety pages long and uses plain English. Nothing important was lost in the process of softening legal language. Our employment solicitor changed only four words. This brings me satisfaction because it seems that the staff actually read the policy unlike before. I had lost hope on that.
The first brief we received was too general. The writer noted this rather than trying to understand it himself. We did a twenty-minute call. Obviously frustrating that it was needed, still useful that this happened, as the finalized procedures reflect the way the warehouse operates. This includes the different procedures the night shift performs.
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