Writing A Novel

Writers in general have never consciously chosen words 'that not so many people can comprehend'. Most writers write to be understood and enjoyed and they use a vocabulary with which they expect their readers to be reasonably familiar. If a writer's style seems stilted and peculiar to a modern ear, it is simply because that style has fallen out of fashion. In order to read novels which were written many years ago, you have to appreciate their style and vocabulary in order to understand them properly.

There are so many writers who cannot immitate Sidney Sheldon's style. The first page of the book is very critical to me.

Sometimes 'the muse' inspires writers to write works for a specific audience (that doesn't use the words of the wider audience). One does not question 'the muse,'

I suppose it depends on the type of book it is and the time in which it was written. Words, vocabulary, idioms, and styles change throughout the years.

There are some books I just cannot read because the writing style is just too hard to comprehend.

I couldn't agree more. If writers would use simple words/terms then more people would be interested in reading.

In the past the language was different, because there is a constant evolution in a language and a vocabulary. They did not chose difficult words, we do not know those words anymore.

Like Anna says language has evolved. I know one book read the author had put a dictionary at the end of the book which explains some of the hard words.

I read a writing advice somewhere before: Try not to use words with more than 3 or 4 syllables. Unless your genre is humour and the long words are spoken by a 6-year old child. Calvin and Hobbs is such a favorite with my 9-year old son.

As a poetry writer we often used deep words to make the poems more creative... For me, it is just okay with me reading nobles with not very known words because at least I will learn something new...

Yes if you write using simple language and style many people will be interested to read more because they understand

Yeah why choose words which only a small percentage of people know

I agree with you. writing a novel in simple language makes it easier for readers to understand the contents of the novel

I agree to that ma friend,

@cherriefic I am with you on that. I like to get my point across so people can follow what I am saying.