Ask the expert: Help! I’m panicking over my best man speech
Professional storyteller Mary Kate O’Flanagan advises a reader how to approach speech writing for his best friend’s big day
Dear Expert,
I’m due to be best man at my friend’s wedding soon and everyone thinks I already have the speech done. They all keep telling me that I have such great anecdotes about him (we’re in our 50s, friends since college, and we’ve had some crazy times) that there’ll be no problem. But my problem is that every time I start writing stuff down, it doesn’t sound that funny or it just sounds rambling. ...
