A wedding speech writer for people who aren't writers.

People imagine a speech writer invents things. Good ones do the opposite: they interview you, dig out the real stories, and then do the part you're paying for — structure, pacing, and polish.

They know a best man speech needs the groom's blessing before the jokes. They know a father of the bride speech is really about the welcome, not the childhood. They know where the toast goes and how to land it. That craft is what costs £150–£400.

• Write it yourself. Free, and completely respectable — if you start early. Most people start the night before, which is why most speeches open with an apology.
• Hire a professional writer. £150–£400, an hour-long interview, one to two weeks. Genuinely good, if you have the budget and the lead time.
• Use a writer built on your memories. You type the stories the way you'd tell a mate; it returns a structured, speakable speech. Free draft in 90 seconds, £19 for the full speech, unlimited edits.

1. Share a memory. One is enough to start. The bike lesson. The midnight petrol run. The moment you knew.
2. Get a free draft in 90 seconds. A real, structured speech built from what you actually wrote — not a template with your name dropped in.
3. Unlock the full speech. Weave in up to five memories so the speech has an arc. £19 one-off, or £29 for unlimited speeches.
4. Edit and regenerate. Change the tone, rewrite any line, add memories. Every version is saved, so you can always go back.
5. Print the cue cards. With emphasis markers and pause cues, so the delivery does the writing justice.

A wedding speech isn't one job — it's eight different jobs that happen to share a room. The best man has to be funny without being cruel. The groom has to thank everyone without reading a list. The father of the bride has to welcome a new family while quietly saying goodbye to an old one.

The writer adjusts for each: who you must thank, what the room expects, how long you have, and where the emotional peak belongs. You bring the memories; it brings the map.

"I've watched Sarah become the person she was always going to be — and I've watched James realise it about four seconds after everyone else did. Please raise your glasses to my sister, and to the man who finally caught up."

A human writer asks for money before you've seen a word. We think that's backwards. The first draft is free — no card, no commitment — so you can read it and decide whether it sounds like you before spending anything.

If it doesn't, walk away and you've lost ninety seconds. If it does, the full speech is £19 — about what the wedding will spend on chair covers nobody remembers.