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For best men, best women & maids of honour

Dreading the speech? Let's fix that.

No templates. No clichés about journeys and soulmates. Answer some questions about them, laugh at a few memories, and watch your actual speech get written in front of you - in your voice, not a robot's.

No account, no spam · about 10 minutes
Full speech from £14.99 — only if you love the plan

How this actually works

1

Answer some questions

Not "describe them" - we ask the stuff that actually gets a story out of you, like "what's the tale their mates always tell?" Your memories are the raw metal.

2

See your plan — free

Your own stories, arranged into a speech that works: the opening laugh, the callbacks, the bit where everyone goes quiet. Read a whole paragraph before you pay a penny.

3

Watch it get written

Live, word by word. Don't like something? Just say so in plain English - "add the story about the caravan" - and only that changes.

Why it won't sound like a robot wrote it

Your words survive

If the way you told the story is funnier than anything we'd write - and it usually is - we leave it exactly as you said it.

Off-limits stays off-limits

The ex, the incident, the thing nobody in the family mentions: tell us once and it's gone. Not softened - gone, forever, every draft.

Every couple, every role

Best man, best woman, best person, maid or man of honour. Any couple, any pronouns - written for the people getting married, not a template of them.

A coach in your corner

Best Speechtells you exactly how to deliver it: where to pause, which word carries the laugh, what to do if your voice cracks. (Let it. It's the best bit.)

One story, from memory to moment

A real answer from a demonstration interview, followed all the way through.

1 · What you tell us

We asked: “What's the story his mates always tell?”

“The Prague stag do. He wandered off to find a cashpoint and we found him two hours later giving directions to tourists. In a city he'd never been to. He genuinely thought WE were the ones who got lost.”

2 · What we forge

So we're in Prague. Chris wanders off to find a cashpoint. Simple job. Two minutes. Two hours later we finally track him down — and he's standing on a corner giving directions to tourists. In a city he had never set foot in before that morning.

And when we got to him, he genuinely thought we were the ones who got lost.

3 · How you'll say it

Best Speech marks up your exact lines:

So we're in Prague. [pause] Chris wanders off to find a cashpoint. Simple job. Two minutes. [pause] Two hours later... [wait for the laugh — don't talk over it]

Plus pacing, the comedy-to-heart turn, and what to do if your voice cracks. (Let it.)

Prices you decide on after you've seen the goods

Standard

£14.99

  • Your full speech, forged from your stories
  • One revision included
  • Emailed & downloadable
Most popular

Best Speech

£24.99

  • Everything in Standard
  • Unlimited revisions - night-before tweaks welcome
  • Delivery notes: pauses, pacing, laugh timing
  • Emailed & downloadable, speech and notes together

The interview and your speech plan are free. You choose a plan only when you want the full speech.

Your secrets are safe. Your stories are encrypted at rest and automatically deleted 90 days after purchase.

We never see your card. We never see or store your card details.

No account, no spam. Answer, read, pay if you love it. That's the whole relationship.

You already know the stories.

Ten minutes of telling us what you already know, and the speech you've been avoiding starts writing itself.

Start the interview — free