There are many things you will need to consider if you have been given the task of writing a persons eulogy. The fist thing you want to have in your mind as a guide throughout the writing and planning stages all the way up to the time when you give your speech is the length of the speech itself. You will need to determine if what you say should be short and simple or a little longer and more drawn out. The chances are that if you are new to this, your long speech on paper will go fast, so make sure you pace yourself and then you can make your speech the best it can possible be in terms of its time frame.