When writing for speech, each sentence must end with a word that a nervous speaker can quickly exhale before passing that sentence to the next member of the audience with a speaking card. A speaker will not uphold three subordinate clauses at the lectern with grace and ease, no matter how well a particular sentence may read on a computer screen.
This is your timing and vocabulary post, and we are sending you two files. The first is the reading version without the pauses, emphases, or other articulation directions. The second file has all of the pauses and places emphasis that you need to add to the text and shows where articulation needs to be added.
A speech should contain one line that you want the crowd to repeat afterward. Everything else in the speech should aim to lead the audience to that line. The writer understands the audience’s likely belief system, identifies where the audience will be reluctant to accept a belief, and picks a story that can potentially take them beyond the belief. That line is placed at that point in the speech.
Constructed speeches use quotes and three-item lists, but speech sections are not built this way. Audience’s sense the speech is little more than lists of quotations ordered by aphorism, third and third, topped by a borrowed proverb. Most audience members notice the pattern before they notice the point.
We prefer a short clip of you talking since matching a speaker’s rhythm is much easier through audio than adjectives. The writer drafts, times a read of their work at about 130 words per minute, then modifications are made. You get a rehearsal draft to read aloud prior to the final version being posted.
The script has a polish pass. Long sentences have breath marks where the reader is likely to pause, tongue twisters are corrected, and all statistics are explained in simple language. The final version of the script is formatted for the presenter. Each idea is put on a separate line, page breaks are marked with pauses, and there are no sentence spill-overs from one page to the next.
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 speech | Words | Writing | Fee (1%) | You pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Short remarks (5 minutes) | 700 | $70 | $0.70 | $70.70 |
| Conference talk (15 minutes) | 2,000 | $200 | $2 | $202 |
| Keynote (25 minutes) | 3,300 | $330 | $3.30 | $333.30 |
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 2,000-word speech comes to $202. 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.
Yes, if you give the writer something to work from. More is gained in a two-minute video of you describing something than in a page of description. This allows the writer to see the length of your sentences, the phrases you use often, and see if you have any sense of humor or if you take it completely seriously.
Tell us the exact minutes and we will write underneath. Speakers tend to run long, so a script that runs fourteen minutes for a fifteen minute slot allows some flexibility. We also indicate the paragraphs you can afford to cut if you run over time.
Completely. Copyright transfers to you on delivery, with no attribution requirement and no licence back to us. Nothing written for you is resold, repurposed or republished.
Reviews from completed, paid orders in this category.
The tribute was heartfelt, but came close to ten minutes when I delivered it (I was supposed to stick to six). I removed it a night before because there wasn’t time to edit. Undoubtedly, it was my fault for putting it off. The words, however, were just right.
My voicemails have bordered on the rambly side while my sentences have been fragmented. Your speech has referenced four of my voicemails, and you even quoted them verbatim. Granted, you didn’t even touch the other voicemails and sentences. This blatant disregard is how you should prioritize and frankly is the ratio you should have.
At a natural pace, the speech was about ninety seconds over the twelve minute mark. Editing it was simple because your structure was clear, but I shouldn’t have to. Our director called the content of your speech the best written thing that she has ever delivered.
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