DON'T QUOTE ME...NUMBER B

DON'T QUOTE ME...

(Writing tips from a naive writer)

WRITING TIP NUMBER :B

So, don't quote me, but, shouldn't a writer be able to describe things in:

a) many ways,
b) multiple ways,
3) a variety of ways,
iv) a plethora of ways, 
E) an indefinite number of ways,
-....) in Morse code perhaps?

The Thesaurus is your friend.
So is: a wacked way of looking at the world, an out of the box thinker, and a working knowledge of at least five languages (sign language is included).

DON'T QUOTE ME...NUMBER A

DON'T QUOTE ME...

(Writing tips from a naive writer)

WRITING TIP NUMBER : A

So, don't quote me, but, to be a good writer one must have an extensive vocabulary (or vocab in slang). Knowing obscure words not only makes you sound smart, but, they can be useful in describing...things.

Want to know what I do to expand my vocab? Read the dictionary. Sure, just put one on your bedside stand or near the toilet, depending on where you get most of your reading done, and refer to it often. Even if you just peruse a page every once in a blue moon you will inevitably run across weird words that may at some point be useful. Words like; higgledy-piggledy, higgle, hie, herpes, heroin, hernia...those were all from one page!

If it doesn't help your writing it should at least help your Scrabble and/or Boggle score...remember 'hie' next time (if anyone asks it means 'betake oneself', which needs a definition on its own).