pubrunner
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[quote name='swee'pea99' timestamp='1306335349' post='1682581']
Two thoughts:
First, more full stops. Break the whole thing down into smaller, simpler units.
. . . . . . .Lever proved a very nervous public speaker, gabbling his words while his notes shook visibly in his hands. After a few minutes, Lamont quietly handed him a piece of paper. From his vantage point in the balcony directly overhead, my friend saw that it bore three words, in clear block capitals:
SLOW DOWN
LOUDER
Good luck!
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[quote name='PpPete' timestamp='1306397287' post='1683625']
Speaking in front of an audience is very different from the written word. As has been mentioned above, break it down into the shortest possible sentences..... and if there are commas left in the final version, when you are speaking, give them a pause like you would a full stop. Give full stops a pause like it was it the end of a chapter.
That will sound artificial if you do it in front of the mirror.... but it will slow it all down to a pace at which the audience will be able to take in the impact of each phrase before you go on to the next.
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+1 to the above
Hope it all goes well - we expect feedback on how it went !
Two thoughts:
First, more full stops. Break the whole thing down into smaller, simpler units.
. . . . . . .Lever proved a very nervous public speaker, gabbling his words while his notes shook visibly in his hands. After a few minutes, Lamont quietly handed him a piece of paper. From his vantage point in the balcony directly overhead, my friend saw that it bore three words, in clear block capitals:
SLOW DOWN
LOUDER
Good luck!
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[quote name='PpPete' timestamp='1306397287' post='1683625']
Speaking in front of an audience is very different from the written word. As has been mentioned above, break it down into the shortest possible sentences..... and if there are commas left in the final version, when you are speaking, give them a pause like you would a full stop. Give full stops a pause like it was it the end of a chapter.
That will sound artificial if you do it in front of the mirror.... but it will slow it all down to a pace at which the audience will be able to take in the impact of each phrase before you go on to the next.
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+1 to the above
Hope it all goes well - we expect feedback on how it went !
