Marisa's Wicked Word Nosh

A (Mostly) Non-Partisan Look at Political Speechwriting

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Many of us are going to be hearing more political speeches than usual these next few months. Although we will very likely disagree on the content of many of those speeches, if we focus on the craft of political speechwriting itself, we might be surprised to find that many political speeches have more things in common than we may previously have thought.

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Helpful links:


  • "The Political Speechwriter's Life," by Robert Lehrman: https://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/11/03/the-political-speechwriters-life/
  • "What It's Really Like to Be a Political Speechwriter," by Emma Roller and National Journal: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/07/what-its-really-like-to-be-a-political-speechwriter/455706/
  • "Five Myths about Political Speechwriting," by Jeff Shesol: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/five-myths-about-political-speechwriting/2016/07/22/a23ee460-4f70-11e6-aa14-e0c1087f7583_story.html
  • "Speechwriter, Repent," by David Murray: https://prorhetoric.com/speechwriter-repent/
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