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title: "On the Record"
url: https://othercommunications.com/series/on-the-record
description: "Speech made in public is edited by other people before anyone else hears it. This series looks at what survives that editing, and at how preparation can help without."
---

# On the Record

Series C · plates 09 to 12

Speech made in public is edited by other people before anyone else hears it. This series looks at what survives that editing, and at how preparation can help without turning a person into a recital.

[C · Plate 09 · The Three Registers of a Quote · 552 words](https://othercommunications.com/work/the-three-registers-of-a-quote)

[C · Plate 10 · Preparing Without Scripting · 549 words](https://othercommunications.com/work/preparing-without-scripting)

[C · Plate 11 · Questions You Should Expect · 501 words](https://othercommunications.com/work/questions-you-should-expect)

[C · Plate 12 · Silence as a Position · 552 words](https://othercommunications.com/work/silence-as-a-position)

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[Notes on scope and method](https://othercommunications.com/notes)