I ardently wish to be a writer, but I couldn't fix the perfect words?
Thanks for the A2A Rajesh Iyer For me, the best write-ups/essays/stories are the ones where I can see the author has poured his emotions out. These generally are the spontaneously jotted down words, sometimes even crass but honest. Many beautiful pieces of literature are elegant webs of simple words. Gabriel Garcia Marquez is for me, one such person whose works are simple yet powerful. He'd be a good example for you. I am not a writer, and my opinion stems just from the experience of writing sub-par blogs and some scientific reviews.A sure shot way of increasing your own repertoire of fancy words is to read a lot. A good writer must any way read a lot.. any book/ comic/ novel anything that you get your hands on. Different authors have their own styles of writing. This would enrich your vocabulary and slowly one or more of your favorite authors would start reflecting in your own writing. Also, a lot of "fancy" words would become a part of your regular vocab. Identify your topics and style. Fancy words do not fit all kinds of writing styles and all works. If you do feel you need fancy words, try to put them in the fourth or even the fifth draft of your work, if they don't strike you in your earlier versions. The first draft is the rough sketch of your thoughts. The second checks the flow. The third fills in the gaps and checks for the grammar. The fourth is where you may use a thesaurus or simply google "synonym" or "one word for your phrase" and try and fit it in. Read and re-read your work to make it better, in terms of its sentiments, tone, content, logic and connections between the different segments etc. Beautify it only if you must, with fancier words, making sure the essence is preserved. Use only enough words as are necessary. Strike out anything extra, even if it means crossing off that "beautiful" word. Be careful, do not use a thesaurus for every word of your write-up ( a la Joey from F.R.I.E.N.D.S, if you will :P)