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I know that "don't fully write out stutters and halts" is a common answer, but when I've done it, I've had plenty of people tell me it works well and crit me if I need to dial it back a notch - if you think it would sound wrong not to write it out at all, I say go for it, but invite crit from time to time.

For making it sound natural, though, thinking about how it sounds in your head is important - stuttering is inherently a flow break, sure, but I've read written stutters that turn stuttered sounds into... a little of a weird mouthful. Also, there's a bit of a difference between the way a dashed pause and a pause with ellipses reads. One's more of a dead stop (Wait, I -- ! I was there, too!) and one's a trail-off (I couldn't tell what was going on until... that happened).

Notes for tone help me feel solid, too. ("Yes, but I... [She'll need a few seconds to gather her thoughts here.]", [Why are we even discussing this? FFFFF - ] If that's true, then...")

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Re: General advice on speech patterns