Vocabulary of the writer
Vocabulary of the writer
The biggest trouble that awaits many novice writers is the realization that the writer is useless, that his vocabulary is meager. What to do?
How I did it and do it. First I took an explanatory dictionary of the Russian language Ozhegov and tried to grow wiser with this dictionary. He reached the letter D and surrendered. In my head a lot was not added. Although sometimes I still open it. Dictionary Ozhegova should always be at hand writer - it's like a calculator at the hand of the accountant.
I began to read different authors, and not onlyauthors of short stories, novels and stories, but also scenarios. And in a separate notebook began to write out words that I know, I understand their meaning, but for some reason I do not use them in my works. I will give an example. My heroes always, when someone called them, "turned" to scream, but it turns out to be more correct to write "turned around."
Then, sunbathing, I began to sort out the "new"words in the same notebook according to this principle: 1. Words used in the description of nature, weather, etc. Words used in the description of the area. Criminal words, jargon, and so on. Words used to describe the nature of a person. Words used to describe a person (fat, heavy, floppy, sunken cheeks, etc.)
And what have I achieved? The words began to fit in my head, like my own.
Just do not stop writing at all. Write every day. It does not matter what words. Write! Only in practice, you will gain experience and learn to apply your new knowledge. Without practice, teaching is useless.
