How to write the best wedding speech

Yorkshire Post

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00:00 your top tips for writing a speech for a funeral? So for a funeral I think this is

00:06 where practice comes in really really critically because you are going to be

00:12 very emotional on the day itself so for me the more you practice and I've done

00:19 quite a lot of funeral eulogies the more that you practice that speech the more

00:23 it's it takes the sting out of the parts of the speech that trigger your emotions

00:28 the most read it out read it out again and read it out again read it out when

00:33 you're driving in your car read it out when you're in the shower read it out in

00:38 your head in the queue at the supermarket and the first few times you

00:42 do that or maybe even you know the first five times you do it there'll be points

00:46 in the speech that will make you cry but if you practice the more you practice

00:51 that will get out of your system and leave you more composed on the day

00:56 itself. I think the other thing when you are looking at funeral speeches is to

01:02 try and make it as inclusive as possible so if you may have an array of memories

01:08 of this person you want to draw upon I would probably choose the ones that will

01:13 resonate the most with the attendees of the funeral and that will make it even

01:18 more special rather than relaying memories I guess that fewer people can

01:23 relate to.

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