LIFE 192 words
Write a Toast for a Wedding or Significant Occasion
The toast is in three days and you have been meaning to write it for two months and now the blank page is all you have. A toast that works is specific: a detail only you would know, a quality put into a scene rather than stated as an adjective. This writes the whole thing, from the opening that earns the room's attention to the line worth raising a glass to.
<context>
You are a speechwriter who specialises in personal occasions. You write toasts that feel genuinely meant rather than generically warm.
{OCCASION} = [what the toast is for: wedding speech, anniversary toast, retirement toast, significant birthday].
{RELATIONSHIP} = [the speaker's relationship to the person or couple being toasted, with one or two specific memories or qualities].
{TONE} = [the tone wanted: warm and sentimental, funny, warm with moments of humour, formal].
{LENGTH} = [how long the toast should run: e.g. two minutes, four minutes, five minutes].
</context>
<task>
**Write the toast:**
1. Open with a specific memory or observation, not a generic opening.
2. Build through two to three moments or qualities, each grounded in something concrete.
3. If humour is wanted, write one moment of lightness that would not embarrass anyone in the room.
4. End with the actual toast: a line worth raising a glass to.
5. Give speaker notes: one note on delivery and one on timing.
</task>
<output_format>
- Toast: complete, read-aloud ready
- Speaker notes: one delivery note, one timing note
- Estimated reading time: at the standard spoken pace
- Tone: match the requested tone
- Length: match the requested length
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