Search

I also stammer. This is the first time I've seen the subject produced for a general audience and shown in a positive way. Thank you for sharing! ...

As somebody who stammers, made me a little emotional and inspirational

As somebody who stammers, made me a little emotional and inspirational ...

Thanks for sharing this. She's definitely inspirational and i hope to go on a similar journey as her. Also thanks for letting me know that Jonathan Fields has a web series!...

Don't miss the forrest for the trees. You faced your fear and it came true. But what else happened? a) you successfully completed the task - congrats. That takes courage and conviction. Don't sell...

Hey, nice of you to include a stuttering character and to come to us with questions. Like others have said, there are a lot of different ways to stutter. The prolongations and repitions are the most...

It's interesting that you say he's learned to "rehearse" whatever he says. What makes you think that? Of course he can rehearse the presentations he makes on Youtube and on live streamed shows, but I ...

Thanks for the kind words. I plan on posting more for advice and peer review involving this character, as it's very important for me personally that the character is accurate. Thanks again!...

Hi mate, firstly kudos for putting a character like this in a novel. Ill respond to this as an avid reader, and life-long stutterer. As mentioned above by a number of people there are many different...

Sorry, but as a writer, I disagree. In fiction, the best way to convey a message is to put the reader in the point of view of someone who doesn't yet have it. And we can't really say what is 'okay' or...

Even if it's the point of the book to show us what is acceptable, it still needs to do so in a way that is consistent with it's message. It would be okay for Monty to be uncomfortable with the awkward...

Awesome! I'd be glad to help! I work in the publishing industry (mostly cover design, branding, and formatting for erotica, YA, and NA) and am around authors every day. We're a talky bunch!...

Yes, but what you're describing is how things should be. It's okay for a fictional character to begin the story with flaws, so long as the narrative is aware and they experience growth. Fiction isn't ...

Thanks for pointing this out. This is the exact opposite of what I was trying to convey. This is being written for ~10 year olds, so I need to speak in their language. I'll update it appropriately ba...

Well since you offered... Expect to hear more from me! I'm unpublished and about about 80k words deep into this YA novel. My goal is to be published and this is the first of a series (although the s...

Great! This is exactly the type of feedback I want to hear! I don't want to over emphasize anything, but I want to do the condition justice, and I want to do it respectfully. I want this to be a chara...

I don't really think it matters who the thought is coming from. It still gives the impression that Monty has to disregard stuttering in order to like Julio. It suggests that it would be an acceptabl...

Yeah, I really like your first point. This particular type of stutter ("M-m-maybe") is very well represented in pop culture. It'd be really great to see other types of disfluencies depicted. I also ...

So if you want to characterize stuttering correctly here's a list of things to note about stuttering. 1) Right now I only see speech sound repetitions. However, there are other types of disfluencies....

As a writer, avid reader, and stutterer, here are a few things that will *always* annoy me about characters who stutter. - M-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-maybe, just m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-maybe, take it easy on t...

First, I think having the character having a stutter, but not having it as his defining characteristic is a great idea and will make for an interesting character. I think he should stutter less durin...