0378 - The Message Given By Talking Fast

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The Message Given By Talking Fast

· Fast talkers are often seen as confident and clever. It’s almost as though they have so much great content to share that they can’t wait to get it all out….

· Or they can be perceived as nervous and excitable, unable to control themselves, “letting their tongue run away with them”. So, think of the image you are giving when you rattle off like a cattle-market auctioneer: verbal dexterity or internal insincerity? And if you give the impression that you are nervous, then won’t the audience perhaps pick up on that and feel nervous themselves?

· Faster talking might suggest action, excitement, urgency, energy and pace in the script or character and that mood can be conveyed to the listener

Phrases and sentences read qu ickly may suggest that they are ‘throwaway’ or contain unimportant information. That may be what you want the listener to feel (“it’s boring background blah-blah, I’ve said it before, but I have to include it”), in which case great. But it’s incongruous to quickfire, complex content.

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