Use Your Vocabulary

One of the pieces of advice given the most to writers is to expand your vocabulary. That is good advice as writing depends on being able to use each and every word to its best. But do you really need to expand your vocabulary? Most of us already have a large vocabulary, developed merely from reading the works of other writers. My suggestion is that not only do you learn new words whenever possible, but also use the words you already know to more fully communicate your ideas to your reader.