West Wing Writers’ Guide to Speech Formatting

We often get asked about the best way to format a speech to make it easy to read and deliver. So, before you hit print, check out our guide — full of small suggestions that can make a big difference when you get to the podium.

Orations Worth Ovations: A Fun House Look at Speechwriting with ‘Long Shot’

The best on-screen look at speechwriting since Sam Seaborn and Toby Ziegler had writers’ block on The West Wing.

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Orations Worth Ovations: The Night Cardi B Eclipsed the Boss

It’s no longer Bruce Springsteen’s Party  —  it’s Cardi B’s.

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Orations Worth Ovations: An Open Letter to President Obama

“You articulated how I’d always felt about this country in a way that, up to that point, I’d only heard from Aaron Sorkin characters.” Anna Humphrey’s letter to President Obama is a testament to speeches that do more than move us — they mold us.

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Orations Worth Ovations: Visualization, Participation, and the Battlefield of Shakespeare’s Henry V

In our latest Orations Worth Ovations Chris Fox dissects the imaginative power of the St. Crispin’s Day speech from Shakespeare’s Henry V.

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