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		<title>On Becoming A Speech Writer: Where To Start?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2008 05:26:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Aside from &#8220;how much do you make?&#8221; and &#8220;how do you find your speaker&#8217;s voice?&#8221; the question I get most often is &#8220;what does it take to become a freelance speechwriter?&#8221;
Two starting points to consider
On Craft
When it comes to learning the craft of speech writing the standard advice is to read a lot of speeches. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Check Against Delivery</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 04:58:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some idle thoughts about the freelancing trade we ply.
Those of you who write government speeches are familiar with the term &#8220;Check Against Delivery&#8221; that goes on the title page of speeches. In the pre-Internet days it was a signal to the media that there might be a difference between the written speech handed out at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Finding Work: The Perilous Life Cycle of the Freelance Speech Writer</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 04:51:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If the stock market is crashing and you have no idea of what the American election will do to your bank balance you best give it a little thought. A national election can have unsettling affects on your personal economy, and you just may have to kiss your heretofore established contacts and contracts good bye. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Elephant In The Room</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 04:45:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ First Ran In 2004
As I listened to the eloquent and elegant words of world leaders in France commemorating the 60th anniversary of D-Day, and to the heart felt eulogies at the passing of President Reagan, I was once again struck by the twilight world that speechwriters live in.
The television pundits waxed poetic on the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Good News About Freelancing</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 04:39:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last month I received three very similar e-mails. What they had in common was a disheartened and disheartening plea for advice on how to fix their sagging freelance careers.They were all bright people. They were all more than competent at the services they were offering. Since they had been successful in the past, all had [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Starting Over</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 04:04:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pretend for a moment that you were starting over. That you were setting up your writing or consulting business for the very first time. What would you do differently? It&#8217;s a brand new world out there. Or is it?If you are slightly fossilized like me, then perhaps when you first hung out your shingle, fax [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do You Confess?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2008 21:50:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I was at the Speechwriter&#8217;s Conference in Washington DC last year in 2006I was struck by how many speechwriters were able to proclaim loudly and proudly that they were &#8220;so-and-so&#8217;s&#8221; speechwriter. Well not quite so ostentatiously as that perhaps. That might not have been their title on the org chart. But if they were [...]]]></description>
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