Use a font that is easy to read and print it off in large print

Bold or increase the size of the first word of each main section so you can quickly point out the beginning of each sentence

Sample on How to Write a Speech in Manuscript form

Today // it is an honor for me to stand here before you,

at the Freedom Banquet,
and pay tribute to a man that in his lifetime,
has touched // and changed // uncountable lives across the globe.

Today /// we are here to honor a president, Use lines // to indicate a break in the sentence.
Write lines like poetry… in short sentences.
a father, The more lines /////// the longer the pause
Write them in ways that you can see how your voice will flow
a husband
and a true savior
in Mr. Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela

[show slide]

Mr. Mandela always says /// that the thing that gives him the most pleasure is
“watching the South African sun set
with the music of Handel or Tchaikovsky playing”
but we all know// that building a better future
for the children of the world
is what gives this extraordinary man the most pleasure.
Use spaces between points so it is easy to find your place

During his 89 years spent on this planet,

Mr. Mandela has // and still has // many goals.

The goal of creating equality

the goal of dismantling the apartheid regimine in South Africa
and the goal to develop color-blindness between the people of his
country.
Use bold or ALL CAPITALS for word you want to emphasize

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President Mandela //// Use an arrow to indicate a rising voice
we salute you,
for you are a man that had a dream,
a dream dedicated to desire,
the desire to make the world a better place //
for every man /// and their unborn children

Final thoughts on writing notes for a manuscript speech

 Do what works for you

 Never write notes in essay format, its too hard to find your place
 Practice, practice, practice--- in many ways it is harder to use a manuscript
because there is a great temptation to read to the audience
 Eye contact and connection with the audience is crucial –a speech is
NEVER an essay with legs!
 Do not continue a sentence from one page to another
 Do not fold manuscript
 Do not staple manuscript
 Number your pages

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Winston Churchill's manuscript for a speech, with his corrections, discussing the Battle of
Britain: "We can still say [that] nearly a thousand years [have] passed since a foreign
invader has set his foot upon English soil....since 1066....we [have] never seen the camp
fires of an invader [from] a hostile and foreign power burning in our island home..."

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