Practice phrasing by singing your written conversation. Sing the same words as a children’s teaching song, a torch song, and a dance tune, keeping in mind that your purpose changes each time: you’re trying to teach something simply, tell a love story, or get your audience to get up and move. The rhythms, phrasings, and sounds that produce those effects can be part of your repertoire when you speak, if you’re willing to try them. When you hit on a sound you like, repeat
