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Stuttering and drawing lines analogy So I was watching a video about drawing, and the guy was talking about how "wobbly lines" are bad practice. If you're drawn anything on paper you probably know what I'm talking about. The reason why your lines are wobbly, is because your brain is trying to "auto-correct" your hands in very small steps. However, if you just draw some random lines in long and confident strokes, (anyone can do this), the lines suddenly become clear and wobble-free. This is because when you're not "overthinking" the lines, as in "oh I want to draw from point A to point B", your brain forgets to auto-correct, and just goes with the flow. My theory is, that we stutterers think too much about producing clear speech, which just leads to more stutter. Think about it, if you just speak some random words and noises, there is no stutter, because your brain does not try to "auto-correct" your speech. This is not research of course, just my two cents.