FIRST PRINCIPLE OF SPEECH WRITING CHOOSING THE TOPIC
● TIMELY ● INTERESTING TO YOU (SPEAKER) AND TO THE LISTENER/AUDIENCE ● CONTROVERSIAL ● MUST BE OF THE LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE OF BOTH THE SPEAKER AND THE AUDIENCE ● THE SPEAKER MUST BE MINDFUL OF THE CULTURE OF THE SPEAKER AND AUDIENCE,AGES,GENDER AS WELL AS SOCIAL STATU,RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION
SECOND PRINCIPLE OF SPEECH WRITING ANALYZING THE AUDIENCE
● GET OR GUESS THE DEMOGRAPHIC DATA OF THE AUDIENCE: AGE,GENDER,ETHNIC BACKGROUND,OCCUPATION,ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL STATUS,ETC. ● KNOW THE GROUPS WHICH YOUR AUDIENCE BELONGS AS THESE GROUPS HOLDS CERTAIN BELIEFS AND VALUES. ● FIND OUT HOW YOUR AUDIENCE FEELS ABOUT THE TOPIC OF YOUR SPEECH AND WHAT THEY ALREADY KNOW ABOUT IT. ● KNOW HOW THEY FEEL ABOUT YOU AS THE SPEAKER AND WHAT THEY ALREADY KNOW ABOUT YOU.
THIRD PRINCIPLE OF SPEECH WRITING SOURCING THE INFORMATION
●NEWS PAPERS ENGINES LIKE GOOGLE OR ANY READING MATERIAL AND THE BEST RESOURCE WHICH IS THE PEOPLE.
FOURTH PRINCIPLE OF SPEECH WRITING OUTLINING AND ORGANIZING THE
SPEECH CONETENT ● SORT THE INFORMATION INTO CATEGORIES: STATISTICS,TESTIMONIES AND OPINIONS, HISTORICAL FACTS, ETC. ● ORGANIZE THE SPEECH ITSELF BY MAKING AND OUTLINE OF IT.