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Read, read, read, read. The only way to learn words is to ingest them, to feed on them. The only place where to look is books. Read a lot of different authors, styles, genres, ages. The more word...
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System
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2019-12-08T07:35:14Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision
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FraEnrico
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2019-12-08T07:35:14Z (almost 5 years ago)
Read, read, read, read. The only way to learn words is to _ingest them_, to feed on them. The only place where to look is books. Read a lot of different authors, styles, genres, ages. The more words and expressions you put in your head, the more you can use them in your writing. Every time I wrote something, I realized I was _heavily_ influenced by the things I was reading at a time. Back in high school, when studying the italian romantic age, I started speaking like those 19th century guys, because I was reading so much of them! While writing is mostly a matter of _practice_, you need fuel to do it well, and that is taken from other authors.
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System
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2017-12-26T13:37:45Z (almost 7 years ago)
Original score: 25