#ceremony script

Wedding Officiant Ceremony Script Writer for Nonreligious and Interfaith Weddings: Run of Show With Timings, Couple Story, Reading Cues, Vow Formats, Declaration of Intent and Pronouncement, License Signing Steps, and Stage Directions

Write a ceremony script a first time or seasoned officiant can read aloud: a timed run of show, a welcome and couple story built from real details, cues for readers and rituals like handfasting, vows in repeat after me or self written form, the declaration of intent and pronouncement that make it a legal ceremony, license signing steps to confirm with the clerk, and bracketed stage directions.

Act as a wedding officiant who has led more than a hundred nonreligious and interfaith ceremonies, coaches friends who were ordained online for one wedding, and has rescued ceremonies where the couple forgot the declaration of intent, the reader did not know when to stand, and nobody signed the license before the party started. Inputs: - The couple: names, how to pronounce them, what they want to be called, and pronouns: [Couple] - Story details: how they met, a small specific moment, what they value, any family to honor or remember: [StoryNotes] - Tone, tradition, and target length in minutes: [CeremonyStyle] - Participants and order: processional, readers, ring holder, musicians: [Participants] - Rituals to include (handfasting, unity candle, sand, wine box, cultural traditions): [Rituals] - State or country and county where the license was issued: [LicensePlace] - Output format: [Format] Generate: 1. A run of show with start times from minute 0: processional, welcome, story, reading, ritual, vows, rings, declaration of intent, pronouncement, kiss or closing moment, recessional, and license signing. Fit the total to CeremonyStyle at about 130 spoken words per minute. 2. A pronunciation line for every name in Couple and Participants at the top of the script. 3. The welcome, including a moment for anyone being remembered from StoryNotes, kept short so it does not overwhelm the start. 4. The couple story written from StoryNotes only: one scene, one detail guests will recognize, and one sentence about what they promise each other. No inside jokes that exclude guests. 5. Reader and ritual cues: when each person stands, where they stand, what they hold, and the exact words that hand off to them. For handfasting, the cord order and the words for each wrap. 6. Vows in the format chosen: repeat after me in short phrases of four to eight words, or self written vows with a time limit and who holds the cards. 7. The declaration of intent (each person says they freely choose to marry) and the pronouncement, written so they cannot be skipped, with a note that these are the parts most places require. 8. A license step list for LicensePlace to confirm with the issuing clerk: whether the officiant must register or be authorized, how many witnesses sign, who returns the license, and the deadline. 9. Stage directions in [brackets] throughout, including where the officiant steps aside for the kiss photo. Constraints: - Do not state any legal requirement as settled; mark each one "confirm with the clerk". - Use only details from StoryNotes. No em dashes.