Orations Worth Ovations: Caps and Gowns Behind Barbed Wire

Former West Wing Writers intern Ezra Stoller writes about Marion Konishi’s high school commencement speech — which she delivered while incarcerated at Granada Relocation Center in 1943.

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What Securing a Book Deal Taught Me About Rejection

I learned the value of a “no” even when it hurt.

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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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History Has a Massive Gender Bias. We’ll Settle for Fixing Wikipedia

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Orations Worth Ovations: Stacey Abrams Is the SOTU Responder We’ve Been Waiting For

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Political Speechwriters Weigh in on Acting Attorney General’s Testimony

“It’s just to remind the president of what James Wilson in Pennsylvania said,” Paul Orzulak says of the House Judiciary Committee hearings: “Congress are the ‘grand inquisitors of the realm.’”

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Orations Worth Ovations: Caps and Gowns Behind Barbed Wire

Former West Wing Writers intern Ezra Stoller writes about Marion Konishi’s high school commencement speech — which she delivered while incarcerated at Granada Relocation Center in 1943.

Essay on Medium

What Securing a Book Deal Taught Me About Rejection

I learned the value of a “no” even when it hurt.

Essay on Blavity

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.

Essay on Medium

Orations Worth Ovations: The Night Cardi B Eclipsed the Boss

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

Essay on Medium

In addition to writing for clients, we’ve written our own books to wide acclaim, contributed op-eds and articles to newspapers and online news outlets, and appeared internationally on TV and radio news programs. Here is some of our recent work.

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.

Essay on Medium

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.

Essay on Medium

History Has a Massive Gender Bias. We’ll Settle for Fixing Wikipedia

Thanks to Ilana Ross for leading our project to write more Wikipedia articles about women, and to Mintaro Oba and others for helping Wikipedia recognize great women writers.

Interview with the Washington Post

Orations Worth Ovations: Stacey Abrams Is the SOTU Responder We’ve Been Waiting For

Abrams doesn’t have to fight to get our attention. She already has it.

Essay on Medium

Political Speechwriters Weigh in on Acting Attorney General’s Testimony

“It’s just to remind the president of what James Wilson in Pennsylvania said,” Paul Orzulak says of the House Judiciary Committee hearings: “Congress are the ‘grand inquisitors of the realm.’”

Interview with NPR’s All Things Considered

What Would Hippolytus Do?

Book Review for the Times Literary Supplement

Orations Worth Ovations: The Olive Branch as a Weapon

Essay on Medium

Steal This Job: Speechwriter

Interview with the Washington Post

Not-to-Be-Missed Shouts of 2018

Essay for The New Yorker

Riley Roberts, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Boyfriend: 5 Fast Facts

Noted on Heavy

West Wing Writers Names Managing Partner, Welcomes New Principal

January 4, 2018

West Wing Writers Welcomes New Staff

November 20, 2013

West Wing Writers Welcomes New Staff, Congratulates Alumni Named to Obama Team

June 24, 2013

The Olive Branch as a Weapon

Raul Quintana digs into perhaps the most famous inauguration address of all: Lincoln’s second.

Visualization, Participation, and the Battlefield of Shakespeare’s Henry V

Chris Fox dissects the imaginative power of the St. Crispin’s Day speech from Shakespeare’s Henry V.

An Open Letter to President Obama

Anna Humphrey’s letter to President Obama is a testament to speeches that do more than move us — they mold us.

The Night Cardi B Eclipsed the Boss

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

Essay on Medium

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.

Orations Worth Ovations: Caps and Gowns Behind Barbed Wire

Former West Wing Writers intern Ezra Stoller writes about Marion Konishi’s high school commencement speech — which she delivered while incarcerated at Granada Relocation Center in 1943.

Essay on Medium