Many journalists have tried to work as speechwriters but have failed. Not because their writing skills were considered weak. The point is, journalists see themselves as Authors with a capital “A”.
They are used to having an internal narrator’s voice that leads their hand in writing. They are used to having an attitude towards everything they write about, and to seeing everything through the prism of their personal experience.
And, indeed, it is not easy to stop being a journalist and to switch one’s mindset and to turn into a speechwriter who has to abandon their values and beliefs during a working day.
A journalist keeps writing their own article but not a speech for another person with different views and specific political purposes.
Does that mean that a speechwriter is a two-faced cynic who has no principles?
Of course not, otherwise we should accept that every playwright is a manipulator only because his characters make controversial remarks.
Yes, a speechwriter is a playwright but for only one actor, and together they create a one-man-show script on a given topic.
Also, a speechwriter must put themselves in speaker’s shoes and sincerely adopt the proposed position.
That’s what Stanislavsky called to put oneself in the Given Circumstances.
Some journalists are able to do that, but most are not ready for such fundamental professional changes.
They are used to having an internal narrator’s voice that leads their hand in writing. They are used to having an attitude towards everything they write about, and to seeing everything through the prism of their personal experience.
And, indeed, it is not easy to stop being a journalist and to switch one’s mindset and to turn into a speechwriter who has to abandon their values and beliefs during a working day.
A journalist keeps writing their own article but not a speech for another person with different views and specific political purposes.
Does that mean that a speechwriter is a two-faced cynic who has no principles?
Of course not, otherwise we should accept that every playwright is a manipulator only because his characters make controversial remarks.
Yes, a speechwriter is a playwright but for only one actor, and together they create a one-man-show script on a given topic.
Also, a speechwriter must put themselves in speaker’s shoes and sincerely adopt the proposed position.
That’s what Stanislavsky called to put oneself in the Given Circumstances.
Some journalists are able to do that, but most are not ready for such fundamental professional changes.
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