Quote:
Originally Posted by Ghost_Tracker
From Samantha Power, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Literature:
"NEVER use the big word when the small word will do."
I'll add to that - don't use the big OR the small word.
Use the CORRECT word.
An instructor in a Genetics class once said to me when I got a 'C' on a test,
"It's the PRECISION of THOUGHT, Tim!"
Believe it or not, I think the same thing is true of truly good writing, in a way.
It's a balance between the emotional and the cognitive, and it's VERY hard
to really find it. But it's a very healthy "exercise"; and the rewards are
enormous.
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"The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightening and a lightening bug" - Mark Twain