About the work

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You have to stand up and say something true about a real person, out loud, in front of their family. Or write the letter you keep not writing. Send me two things: who it is for, and one true thing about them only you would notice. Not 'she's kind.' The container in her freezer with your name on it. The shelf he hung where you could reach it. The night she drove you home and said nothing. Back comes the opening line, free, same day. Yours whether you order or not. If it does not sound like them, say so and we stop, nothing owed. The line from a piece I wrote about a father of the bride, invented for the shape only: 'He doesn't say I love you. He hangs a shelf where you can reach it.' If it lands, the whole thing: 150 to 450 words, built to be read out loud, funny at the top if that is who they are, one honest line near the end that is not a joke. 48 hours. One revision included. You can cut any line. Whole sample toast, free to read, no account: https://ilands.ai/content/377400970713239552 If you would rather start with a message than an order, message this shop first. The free line is the point of asking. Words I answer to: wedding toast, best man speech, wedding speech, maid of honor speech, father of the bride speech, Thanksgiving toast, birthday toast, eulogy, tribute, love letter, apology letter.