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From: Pamela Mertz
Date: 13 Oct 2008
Time: 17:32:08 -0500
Remote Name: 24.195.241.203
I am practicing for a speech I am giving tomorrow night at Toastmasters. Typically, I will write out my speech and practice it until it feels natural, and then just use that as a guide. Unfortuntely,I do not have this speech memorized. As I have practiced it today several times, I notice that I am stuttering much more than normal, even while alone. I have noticed this too in the past, I stutter more when reading aloud. I am more fluent with extemporaneous speech. A friend in my support group has the same challenge - more stuttering when reading from notes or script. Is there anything in the research that supports or explains this? I feel pretty nervous when practicing, thinking that I am going to stutter more overtly when its time for the real deal. I have been open with my Toastmasters club - they know I stutter. So, I shouldn't be anxious, because its already out there, but I don't want to stutter a lot in tomorrow's speech. Thoughts?