Wedding guests raising their glasses together for a toast

Wedding speeches, toasts and vows

Someone should tell you the truth before the wedding does.

An honest read of your draft in about half a minute, from the back of the room: what will land, what won’t, and the three changes that matter.

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30 sec: for an honest read
7 days: then your draft is deleted
Free: no account, ever

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The check

Read the way a guest at table nine will hear it.

A grade, the lines that will land, the ones that get a polite smile, what to cut, and the three fixes that matter most. It judges the writing, never the people in it.

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Example · Best Man · 388 words

A genuinely lovely story about plates, buried in the middle.

Will land

“When we lived together he had one plate. One.”

Cut this

“Before I start I want to thank Priya's parents Anjali and Vikram for this...”

From a made-up best man draft, run through the real check.

I.
The First Draft
Six questions about the couple, in your own words, turned into a speech with the right shape and length.
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II.
The Rewrite
Your draft, fixed by the same rules, with one free revision and printable cue cards.
See a rewrite
III.
The Rehearsal
A teleprompter at wedding pace, and a coach that listens while you practice.
Practice it

The Room

Watch your speech play to six wedding guests.

Mom tears up. Grandpa gets lost. The best friend loses it. The boss checks his phone. Line by line, before the wedding does it for real.

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For everyone with a part to play

Everything between the blank page and the microphone.

For couples
Speech Hub
Run every speaker from one page: the order, a time limit for each, a note to all of them, and their own link.
Start your Hub
For the two of you
Wedding Vows
A writer that starts from your own stories, a private check, and a vow book you print at home.
Write your vows
Marrying them
Officiant Scripts
A friend asked you to officiate. Get the whole ceremony in order, with cues and the legal lines.
Write the ceremony
Not a wedding
Holiday and Retirement Toasts
Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year's Eve, the office party, and retirement send-offs.
Find your toast
No story yet
Story Jar
One link to the group chat, and the stories about the person you're toasting come to you.
Start a Story Jar
After the wedding
Speech Keepsake
The speech you gave, printed beautifully for the couple, with the date and a photo.
Make the keepsake

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The guides

All 25 guides Example speeches

Two friends laughing as one gives a speech into a microphone at a beach wedding

Best Man

How to Write a Best Man Speech (With 3 Full Examples)

A best man speech has three jobs: make the groom look good, welcome his partner, raise a glass. The four-minute structure that does all three, with 3 full speeches.