Dialogue

I'm just sitting here, listening to Capital Cities, and I'm trying to figure out how to write dialogue. I think back to what Stephen King said about one of my favorite authors H. P. Lovecraft. King wrote that while Lovecraft was a master of the macabre, he was a terrible dialogue writer. It probably didn't help that Lovecraft was a total shut in...at least from what I remember. I haven't read about him for years. Actually, the last thing I remember reading about him was that his mother ended up in an asylum and something about how he read books on Greek gods and...offered...sacrifice...to them...I hope I read that wrong. I remember being only mildly interested. But back to my point, I'm going to make an effort to learn about dialogue for the next few months or so and see where that gets me. When I write dialogue I feel like someone who has nail the nails into the roof but only brought wrenches. I have a general idea of what to do, I just don't have the right tools. I'm going to attempt to remedy this as soon as possible. Wish me luck!