Post by Radrook Admin on Jan 31, 2023 19:39:23 GMT -5
An extensive vocabulary is essential to good writing.
How? Well, it is similar to a painter and his available colors. The more shades that he has at his disposal the more variety he can add to his visual creations. Imagine a painter being restricted to only two colors.
The same with a writer. The more words that a writer has available in his vocabulary, the less he has to struggle to express his intended meaning, the nuances of meaning or the shades of emotions he intends to convey to the reader.
For example, consider the different ways in which one emotion can be described: He was: angry, cross, riled up, rankled, ticked off, mad, enraged, embittered, irate, outraged, aggravated, annoyed, furious, exasperated, wroth, incensed, infuriated, frustrated, indignant, pissed, or pissed-off, fit to be tied, he flew off the handle, all convey approx. the same emotional state albeit with different shades of meanings, intensities, and connotations. Does the writer have a choice? Or is he limited to angry and mad?
So an extensive vocabulary, though not the only aspect of being a good writer, since imagination, dedication, intense concentration and other factors are also crucial, is still a very essential one that compliments these others, and should never be neglected.
Last Edit: Jan 31, 2023 20:28:18 GMT -5 by Radrook Admin
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