129: Queensbury Rules – Practicing Dialogue That Doesn’t Sound Wooden

Krispy had wedding #2 out of 3 this year (to the same woman) but still pinched out a story. We talked about making dialogue sound natural, how to write characters who don't sound like, well, you talking to yourself, and why highlighting every line in neon colors might help.Bam! Pow! Then we read stories for the prompt Queensberry Rules (a set of regulations for boxing matches (that introduced the use of padded gloves in boxing as well as the 10-second count)). Stories feature everything from everything from origin stories in PC’s rodent universe to punchy tales about conflict, conversation, and chaos.We hope you enjoy this episode's stories, and that they inspire you to write your own!Like this weeks episode and wish you could read as well as listen? Subscribe to our Substack for a summary of our opening discussion, a story from the episode, and a writing prompt!  Be sure to follow us on Instagram (if that's your sort of thing). Please do send us an email with your story if you write along, which we hope you will do. Episodes of Radio FreeWrite are protected by a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-ND 4.0) license. All Stories remain the property of their respective authors.