Spoken Word Performance Planner
Shape writing for performance.
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Help me shape a piece for spoken performance. Piece text or idea: [TEXT_OR_IDEA]. Length and venue: [LENGTH_VENUE]. My performance experience: [EXPERIENCE]. Annotate the text for performance: breath marks, emphasis, pauses, pace changes, and moments to look up. Suggest edits for the ear: shorter sentences, repetition, sound patterns. Provide a rehearsal plan over seven days, including reading to a mirror, recording, and trying a friend as audience. Include nerves management in practical terms, such as arrival routine and a first-line anchor, without medical claims. Create a one-page cue card layout. Offer feedback criteria for a trusted listener. Add a short section on adapting the piece for a microphone, covering distance, projection, and how to handle feedback noise, and a checklist for the day of the performance including water, a printed copy, and a plan if you lose your place. Include advice on recording the performance for self-review. Also tell me which two lines to cut if the piece runs over time, and how to practise the ending so that it lands with a pause and not a rush.
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