Speechwriting

Ten Tips for Saying it Better in 2016–Literally!

It fell into my head the other day that it might be useful for me to post some friendly reminders for the new year about how to improve your writing....

THE NARRATIVE ARC: Nine Tips for Telling Your Story So Folks Want to Ride on Your Boat

Whether you are writing a speech, a memoir, a novel or non-fiction, you’re going to need a narrative arc. This structural trajectory has been with us for over 3000 years;...

Pausing for Effect: Seven Reasons Pauses Enhance Your Speeches and Presentations (and Eight Ways to Ace Them!)

Inexperienced speakers HATE the idea of “dead air” when they have command of an audience.  Why are so many of us so afraid of silence? Perhaps we fear the audience will consider us inept, or...