10 Steps to Writing a Vital Speech: The Definitive Guide to Professional Speechwriting

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!

Great guide and insights! I would recommend it to anyone who is or aspires to be a speechwriter. Thank you!

A good start to learn to write speeches.

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.

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.