Creating Your Heartfelt Tribute

Our EulogyExpert writers are thoughtfully crafting your personalized eulogies.

⏱️ Please wait a moment. This process typically takes 90 seconds as we ensure your tribute honors your loved one with dignity and care.

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We're honored to help you create a meaningful remembrance during this challenging time. Your carefully crafted words will provide comfort and celebrate a life well-lived.

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Your Eulogy Speech Drafts Are Ready

Your four drafts are below

Draft 1

Draft 2

Draft 3

Draft 4

Next Steps

Looking for what to do now? See below for Eulogy Expert's recommended next steps

1. Review

Read the Eulogy Expert speech drafts. As you're reading, answer the following questions. Your answers will be important when you edit.

  • Which draft is your favorite?
  • Which lines do you like the most?
  • Which stories need to be improved?
  • What sounds unnatural or awkward to say?
  • What lines feel repetitive?

2. Edit

Pick your favorite speech and copy it to Word or Google Docs. This will be your base speech. Take your favorite lines from the other speeches and put them into your base speech replacing lines as necessary. Remove repetitive parts of the speech. Consider adding detail to your stories. Here are some helpful ideas to improve stories.

  • Where were you?
  • Why were you in that situation?
  • What were you expecting going into the situation?
  • Who else was there?
  • What was everyone else doing in the situation?
  • What did it feel like before? What did it feel like after?

3. Practice

Once you're happy with your speech, it's time to practice. Tim Urban from Wait But Why has an excellent framework for thinking through memorizing a speech.

Public speaking methods ranging from wing it to happy-birthday-level memorized ranked on a scale of scariness, boringness, and difficulty.
Credit: waitbutwhy.com

Essentially, there are two ways to make your speech as entertaining as possible (and not boring for your audience). Choose to either talk through a set structure or get to happy-birthday-level-memorized. If you read off a script or have it just barely memorized, it's going to be very boring for your audience.

Whatever you decide, it doesn't hurt to practice! Spend some time giving the speech in front of a mirror. Then when you're comfortable, if possible, give it to a trusted friend or family member. They can give you valuable feedback.

4. Deliver

Having edited and practiced your speech, you are ready to give it.

Your Inputs

Here are your inputs from the Eulogy Expert form.

Your Name: 
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Deceased Name: 
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Surprising Story: 
Impact: 
Other People in Speech: 
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