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Q&A How do I incorporate Vocabulary in my writing that I already know?

I seem to have this problem where I know a lot of words but can't always seem to think them up when I write an article or a story. I know the meaning of most of these words, but when I write, some ...

4 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by Rio1210‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T06:18:38Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/27444
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar Rio1210‭ · 2019-12-08T06:18:38Z (almost 5 years ago)
I seem to have this problem where I know a lot of words but can't always seem to think them up when I write an article or a story. I know the meaning of most of these words, but when I write, some everyday phrase or idiom comes to my mind first or I write elaborate wordy sentences even though a succinct alternative is clearly there but I fail to think them up.

Anyway what would you people suggest me to incorporate advanced vocabulary into my writing so that I can use the words I know instead of just identifying them when I read?

Hopefully this is not off-topic. Sorry if it is.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2017-04-04T08:23:39Z (over 7 years ago)
Original score: 17