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Originally Posted by Roderick Usher
I would read Steven King's ON WRITING
It is the most practical and most inspiring bit of "nuts and bolts" writing advice I've yet come across.
But the best thing you can do is read the genres to which you aspire and pay specific atention to how the stories are constructed, the point-of-view and the use of language.
And florrid writing does not equal better writing. Crisp, lean prose will is worth a million over-used adjectives.
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As the recommended Ameture listed above ;) I agree 100%. You can tell when someone has sat down with a thesaurus and tried to sound smarter than they are by using the most wordy and syllable-ridden words they find.
Describe enough, but get your pointacross. Anything more is boring and turns peple off.