Oratori — WritingShort essays on practice, performance, and the craft of saying what you mean.https://oratori.app/en-usWhy thirty seconds is the right length for a speech drillhttps://oratori.app/blog/the-thirty-second-drill/https://oratori.app/blog/the-thirty-second-drill/Most rehearsal advice tells you to run the whole thing, top to bottom. Here is why short, repeated reps beat long, perfect ones every time.Wed, 22 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTPracticeThe seven filler words that cost you the roomhttps://oratori.app/blog/seven-filler-words-that-cost-you-the-room/https://oratori.app/blog/seven-filler-words-that-cost-you-the-room/Um, like, just, kind of, I think, sort of, basically. A short field guide to the words that quietly hedge your point and how to drill them out.Wed, 15 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTLanguageOpener, body, close. The only three beats your point needshttps://oratori.app/blog/opener-body-close-three-beats/https://oratori.app/blog/opener-body-close-three-beats/Every spoken answer that lands has the same skeleton. Once you can see it, you can write to it, and your standup updates start to take half the time.Wed, 08 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTStructureHow fast should you actually talk in an interviewhttps://oratori.app/blog/how-fast-should-you-talk-in-an-interview/https://oratori.app/blog/how-fast-should-you-talk-in-an-interview/There is a target zone. It is narrower than you think. The cure for talking too fast is rarely 'slow down.' It is breathe and land.Wed, 01 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTPace