Keep your well of speech topics from running dry

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

There is a brief article by Denis Judy at Exploring the Mind on November 13, 2022 titled Keeping our Speaking Well From Going [Dry]. It opens with:

 

“If you speak a lot, there are times when you may feel your material is getting stales and you lose enthusiasm for your content. When that happens you need new material that excites you and thus makes your speeches more stimulating.

 

A fun way to do that is to pick a subject, hobby, avocation, culture, or sport about which you know nothing but are interested in learning more. Then immerse yourself in it. Read all you can about it, talk to people who know about it, and experience it if possible.”

 

One way to find new material is via writing prompts, which are a way of getting around writer’s block. On December 15, 2020 I blogged about how to Use writing prompts to get unstuck. And on November 12, 2022 I blogged about how Writing prompts also can be used for Table Topics. In that recent post I linked to an article at the Learning Network in the New York Times on September 8, 2022 titled 445 Prompts for Narrative and Personal Writing. It has a long list with 37 categories. You can also download it as a pdf file. Each item on their list actually is a link to another article you can use to get started. But that’s not all. There is another article on February 23, 2021 titled 300 Questions and Images to Inspire Argument Writing, also downloadable as a pdf.

 

The cartoon of a well came from Openclipart.