When it’s your turn to say a few words, many people freeze: the feeling is there, but on paper it turns flat — too casual to be formal, or awkwardly padded. Weddings, year-end parties, thesis defenses, farewells — these unavoidable speaking moments come for everyone.
AI is great at building the scaffold — it knows each occasion’s patterns (how to open, how to build, how to land the ending) and can turn your scattered heartfelt points into a well-paced, warm speech of the right length. Your job is to give it the real people and events, then swap its “pretty words” for phrasing you can actually say out loud.
When to use it
When you must give a wedding toast, speak at a year-end party, open a thesis defense, write a farewell or welcome speech, or represent your team — you have things to say but can’t shape a script.
How to do it
- Open DeepSeek or Doubao and state the occasion, your role, who you’re addressing and roughly how long (minutes)
- List a few real points you want to make: who to thank, which specific story to tell, what feeling to convey
- Paste the prompt for a draft, then refine with “punchier opening / cut this mushy part / trim to 2 minutes”
- Read it aloud and rewrite bookish or overwrought lines in your everyday voice; mark the pauses
Weak vs strong
The left only piles on generic blessings; the right — with your role, one concrete story and an emotional arc — produces a toast only you could give, not a template found anywhere online.
Copy-paste prompt
You’re a skilled speechwriter. Write me a【wedding toast / year-end speech / defense opening…】. My role:【groom’s roommate / department head / defending student…】. Audience:【guests / all colleagues / the committee】. The real content to convey:【who to thank, the specific story, the feeling】. Requirements: an engaging opening, concrete content in the middle, a lifting ending; tone【sincere / light and funny / formal】; keep it to【2 minutes / ~250 words】; make it easy to read aloud (no long sentences).
Worked examples
You get：A speech with concrete wins, thanks and a forward look — easy to deliver, and not as dry as reading a work report.
You get：A standard, composed defense opening that lays out your work clearly and gives the committee a well-organized first impression.
Level up
- Control length: tell it “I have only 90 seconds” and have it back-calc the word count to avoid overrunning
- Add interaction: ask it to “insert a cue for applause / a toast / a knowing laugh” at a fitting spot
- Cue card: once the speech is set, have it “distill 5 keyword prompts” to glance at when going off-script
Common mistakes
- Giving only the occasion, no real people or events — without specifics it’s all clichés that move no one
- Reading a bookish draft verbatim — AI tends to over-formalize; rewrite into phrasing that rolls off your tongue or it sounds fake
- Ignoring timing — read it aloud with a timer; drafts usually run longer than you think, and overrunning is the worst
FAQ
How do I make it sound like me, not AI?
Should I aim for a perfect first draft?
Pro tip：Before going up, print or copy the script in large type, mark pauses and stresses, and rehearse twice in the mirror — even a great script needs a smooth delivery to land.