There’s rarely a week that goes by that I don’t get at least two or three calls or emails from best men, fathers of the bride or maids of honor who are a week or even a just a few days out from the wedding and in a complete panic.
Read MoreA father of the bride client in Connecticut named, Ted, called the other day to let me know how his speech went at his daughter’s wedding the previous weekend.
He said, “I must say that my speech was the highlight of the event. It left some folks laughing and crying at the same time. I think you have broken the code with your speech preparation process.”
Then he said, “You must know that you’re in a mirky sea of people who call themselves wedding speechwriters out there… how do you do it?”
So I said, “Then why did you choose me over all the others?”
Read MoreI was working recently with Allan, a father of the bride in New York. We were going over his speech together and he was carefully weighing each word.
He wanted to be sure we were conveying exactly what he had always wanted to say to his daughter on her wedding day. And he wanted to make sure the words were in exactly the right tone, style and voice.
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