I'm terrible at writing dialogue. Looking for books with

Go outside and eavesdrop on some real conversations you nonce.

>>7477293
But everyone outside has an IQ in double digits and nothing interesting to talk about.

Go read some plays

>>7477290
Turgenev
Roth
Beckett

Carpenter's Gothic by Gaddis has best recreation of irl dialogue I have ever encountered

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These books feature some of the best portrayals of natural dialogue I've ever read. I highly recommend them (not only for their dialogue; they have great literary merit)

Nine Stories
Franny and Zooey
No Country for Old Men
Rabbit Run
A Confederacy of Dunces
The Snows of Kilimanjaro

listen to people speaking. aping the speech of other writers will date your work, it will show.

Think about how would you answer

>>7477290
Let your characters' dialogue develop naturally based on context and personality. You know, like it does in real life.

>>7477590

I second this motion.

>>7477290
A Brief History of Seven Killings

I'll shill this book every chance i get