advice for writing a stutterer from an actual stutterer;
okay no shade at all I just want all of u to learn and grow and become better writers! so hereās a handy tip list!
we donāt stutter on every word. okay, sometimes it can seem it, but honestly, we donāt, so leave a few words in there to give your readers some breathing room.
we stutter more on specific sounds. for me, f and s sounds are big ones. everyone has their thing and most stutterers have sounds that are harder to get out.
we donāt just stutter at the beginning of words and sentences. okay, honestly this is a big one for me. sometimes, a word starts off really well and goes down the drain at the second syllable! and the stutter doesnāt disappear once weāve made it past the first word - it clings in there, so donāt forget it.
some of us donāt always stutter. some, not all, of us have whatās known as an anxious stutter, which generally comes alongside anxiety disorders. so, while it may be usually present, when a person with an anxious stutter is particularly comfortable with a situation, it tends to get better (or even almost disappear).
we donāt stutter when we swear. this is why some of us can stutter and stutter and stutter on a word and then shout fuck and everythingās cool. as far as science knows, this is because swearing is from a more primitive part of the brain, and so it bypasses the bit that makes us stutter! itās so cool honestly.
we donāt stutter when we sing. the biggest two reasons for this one is 1) music comes from a different part of the brain to talking (language=left; music=right), and so it once again bypasses the stutter, or 2) āeasy voiceā, which is the voice that people sing in, is softer and smoother, and the sounds are longer so thereās less opportunity to stutter. either option is way cool but we donāt stutter when we sing.
sometimes, we give up on words. after a certain amount of stuttering on a certain word, you may see a stutterer take a deep breath and either try again, or replace it with a synonym. sometimes that word just wonāt fit right in our mouths!
we hate it when people try to guess what weāre trying to say or try to speed us up. this might be a more personal thing for me, but thereās nothing I hate more than that clicky sound people make or the weird hand gestures or being told to āspit it out.ā because we canāt control this shit and it gets tiring. itās better just to let the person get it out and take their time with it, so when youāre writing, keep this in mind!
it gets worse when weāre anxious or stressed, and when weāre excited! I get really really stuttery when Iām enthusiastic about the topic of conversation, because I know so much about that thing that I try to talk really fast and my mouth canāt keep up! itās the same when Iām anxious or stressed - when thereās more on our minds, the more everything gets a little muddled.
I hope this was helpful! feel free to add on and spread around!
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