Here's a tip:
When writing anything from an essay in school to your growing novel, try using going to websites or looking through your own dictionary for words you've never heard of or don't know the meaning of. (Most of the time, these are the words that'll make you sound "smarter")
I'm not saying to go study the biggest dictionary out there, but if you use "smarter" words, they'll probably make you sound more mature no matter how old you are.
Just don't use too many "big words" in one sentence if it doesnt fit, if you might scare away a lot of your reads. (for example- If I read a book with 20 words I don't know in every sentence, I lose interest and put the book back)
"Don't use words too big for the subject. Don't say 'infinitely' when you mean 'very'; otherwise you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite."
- C. S. Lewis
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