Speechwriting

Both Paul and I worked for different periods as speechwriters — Paul for the President of the UN General Assembly and I for Executive Directors of UNICEF and UNAIDS.

Here’s a nice piece by Vice President Al Gore’s former speechwriter, Robert Lehrman, who captures some of the challenges and rewards of the job.

http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/11/03/the-political-speechwriters-life/

Robert Lehrman, who was the chief speechwriter for Vice President Al Gore, is the author of four novels and “The Political Speechwriter’s Companion” and teaches speechwriting at American University.