He explains that this is important in our vocabulary and while choosing what we right about. Trying to use big words to impress others, often does not work out well. Also, when writing on a subject the person should have a fair amount of knowledge about it. Writing on something unfamiliar to impress others, may ultimately have the opposite effect. Using a voice and vocabulary that is comfortable to us while writing about a familiar topic, allows us to draw reader's in that much more.
I believe that this is a often overlooked in writing. People sometimes write about topics that they do not know much about. This may discredit their writing. Repeated use of the thesaurus may cause the reader to disconnect. Losing one's voice while writing may distance the audience and discredit the author. King's advice to stick to what you know is a simple concept, but I feel that it is vital to many elements of an effective piece.
I posted about the same thing..vocabulary and writing what you know. I think this is a very important aspect of writing. A lot of times I have stopped reading something just because it seemed like the writer was trying to hard to use unusual words to sound "smart". Annoying!
ReplyDeleteYou're so right!! I think King was right in saying that too. I hate it when I read things and it sounds like every other word was looked up in the thesaurus. If the author doesn't normally talk like that then they should not write that way either. Nice Job Katie!!
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