A Cure for a Stammer edit 0.1keith,tiger
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Finally back. Sorry it took so long. 
As discussed, I think it's possible you enjoyed writing it more than reading it. But we all do. 
What I want most is for the stutters to be in the right place. In my limited experience a stutter is a bit like an emotional bottle neck. The bottle gets flipped upside-down and the pressure builds mostly on words and ideas too big to get out. I'll try my best to demonstrate below...
 
(03-03-2016, 10:20 PM)tectak Wrote:  I thuh-thuh thought that I would sleep, but no.
I muh-muh must have been awake all night.
I'm sure I'm happy  nuh-nuh now but know
that wuh-wuh what I done just wasn't right. In this first strophe the words "sleep, awake, happy and right" carry the most emotional weight. I think these are the words a stammerer would stammer on.

I nuh-nuh know what people think of me.
For fuh-fuck's sake try walkin' in my shoes.
I hated kids way buh-back when, but we
were all kids then,  though that ain't no excuse. Fuck is a tough one. If they're mad they would not stutter on it. If they're nervous about being so bold, they certainly would.

The guh-guh girls, I saw them look  away: absolutely on girls  Thumbsup
and  from  behind their ears went up, a sign too confusing for the N's voice
that they were pullin' faces so I'd say
fuh-fuh fuck you bitch, and  lose face every time. do we feel like we've lost face saying "fuck you"

Except just once, her name was Clementine. couldn't she just be "Joan"?
She had a kinda tick that made her twitch. this line is subtly wonderful
The other girls would ask  her for the time
then luh-luh laugh n' call her Wind-up Witch. for God's sake stutter on the W's. Please exploit this.

We tuh-tuh talked most evenin's walkin' back. talked and twitched are right. Grinned sounds like a forced rhyme every time I read it. Not your fault. Hha
She tuh-tuh twitched, I stammered, but  we grinned.
The other kids would gather like a pack
and chant our names like we had somehow sinned.

One day I kissed her rough on thuh-the mouth. stutter on "kissed" no question
I guess I thought I loved her...but she cried.
She ruh-ruh ran away back to her house
and told her puh-puh pah.Shit, how she lied. a little clumsy here. Easy fix for you.

And thuh-thuh that was when I up't an' went;
I luh-luh left a note for Wind-Up Witch.
The cops let loose the dogs, they got my scent,
and fuh-fuh found me hidin' in a ditch. this works well

I never got the chance to tell my side.
I tried buh-but the words just wouldn't come. "words" stick with the W's for effect
The judge, she said that all along I'd lied;
that I'd turn out to be a no good bum.

She told me just one chance was all I'd get;
three months  in cuh-correction was my due.
Inside, I got the dirt from guys I met;
when I got out...I knew what I must do.tense gets wonky here. No specific suggestions

So here I stand with smokin' gun in hand. I want a stammer on "gun". Allow me one metrical challenge on this one.  Smile
They laughed at me but they're not laughing now.
I guess that now, at last, they understand.
My stammer's gone.Listen...listen...wow!
1tectak2016
Good luck with this. For whatever reason it is a bit of an exhausting read. That can be both good and bad. You have all the metrical tricks in the world to help with tweaking. Use 'em!
Paul
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Messages In This Thread
RE: A Cure for a Stammer - by Keith - 03-04-2016, 12:09 AM
RE: A Cure for a Stammer - by tectak - 03-04-2016, 10:27 PM
RE: A Cure for a Stammer - by Tiger the Lion - 03-04-2016, 01:14 AM
RE: A Cure for a Stammer - by tectak - 03-04-2016, 03:16 AM
RE: A Cure for a Stammer - by Tiger the Lion - 03-04-2016, 04:50 AM
RE: A Cure for a Stammer edit 0.00000001keith - by Tiger the Lion - 03-08-2016, 02:38 AM



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