Former presidential speechwriter shares behind-the-scenes look at State of the Union prep. ABC News’ Linsey Davis spoke with Terry Szuplat about the speechwriting process.

The former president is a master communicator. Steal some of his magic by borrowing one of his favorite rules for better writing.

The lesson concludes with a summative writing prompt which asks students whether or not they would want to be a Presidential speechwriter and why. Procedures. SET UP.

A former presidential speechwriter calls Trump's first major speech to Congress during his second presidential administration "a big deal" and "a great platform… for a president." ...

WASHINGTON — Speechwriting, in one sense, is essentially being someone else’s mirror. “You can try to find the right words,” said Dan Cluchey, a former speechwriter for President Joe Biden ...

Michael J. Gerson, who as George W. Bush’s chief speechwriter and one of his closest advisers composed many of the president’s signature addresses and wielded outsize influence on his domestic ...

He volunteered in Nixon’s 1968 presidential race and was hired by the campaign’s speechwriter, Pat Buchanan, who initially suspected the kid of being a spy for rival Nelson Rockefeller.

This April 2016 photo provided by Terry Adamson shows Achsah Nesmith, second from left, and her husband, Jeff Nesmith, right, posing for a photo with former President Jimmy Carter and his wife ...

As a conservative presidential speechwriter, he also relegated communism to “the ash heap of history.” Earlier, he won a Pulitzer Prize as a young reporter. By Sam Roberts Anthony R. Dolan ...