tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4455700514377143758.post549436173212031753..comments2024-03-28T07:00:06.844+00:00Comments on Now Appearing: Talking the talk - five key tips for public speaking as a writerBrian Clegghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12723555872580740773noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4455700514377143758.post-86881455153617922282010-11-22T12:33:53.348+00:002010-11-22T12:33:53.348+00:00Fantastic post, Brian.Fantastic post, Brian.cromercroxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09963551114404818534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4455700514377143758.post-81593176682116378122010-11-22T11:38:28.771+00:002010-11-22T11:38:28.771+00:00Very smooth, Debi. I want to emphasize that full s...Very smooth, Debi. I want to emphasize that full scripts don't work for everyone, but it works for me.<br /><br />What I do is have bold headings every couple of paragraphs - once I've run it through a few times, I tend only to look at the headings, which are in essence my bullet points. If you can go straight to the bullet points, so much the better, but for me it helps to start with the script.Brian Clegghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12723555872580740773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4455700514377143758.post-89439651773065423462010-11-22T11:00:42.482+00:002010-11-22T11:00:42.482+00:00Great stuff, Brian. Very useful.
I don't writ...Great stuff, Brian. Very useful.<br /><br />I don't write out a script as I know I'd find it hard to not read it and also to find where I am if I look away for a long time.<br /><br />Bullet points (often colour coded) do it for me and ensure I stay connected with the audience at all times.<br /><br />And you're so right to include that exclamation mark after practice! (See what I did there?)Debihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09600815804658702077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4455700514377143758.post-25576810213306409562010-11-20T00:16:46.820+00:002010-11-20T00:16:46.820+00:00This is all really useful stuff, and I so agree ab...This is all really useful stuff, and I so agree about making it a performance. <br /><br />I agree with you about powerpoint - on the other hand I've sometimes been the only person not using it in a series of presentations, and it does feel a bit naked. Rather like being the only person who hasn't used a mike. You may be quite capable of being heard in the furthest corner, but you still don't come voer as strongly.<br /><br />I don't think it is very different from giving a reading or festival session, say, as a fiction-writer. You still need to break it up, animate it, make some points, change gear... The worst fiction readings are the ones where the author has a 20-minute slot, and reads a single extract for 20 minutes. Much better to read 3 5-minute extracts centred on a particular theme, with some talk between linking them together. That way it's not just a reading, it actually has some content to it - a point it makes. Sells the book better, too, in my experience.Emma Darwinhttp://emmadarwin.typepad.com/thisitchofwriting/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4455700514377143758.post-28404284981575425962010-11-19T11:33:58.810+00:002010-11-19T11:33:58.810+00:00Very helpful. Thanks.Very helpful. Thanks.Sue Guineyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13556228394020314560noreply@blogger.com