Vocabulary For Creative Writing

With much more emphasis being placed on writing in our English exam papers now, let's have a look at some fresh writing ideas. When it comes to writing, the importance of vocabulary must not be overlooked. Students who have limited writing vocabulary will find it hard to write essays or short stories.

There are many different ways to say or describe a thing, person, place or situation. You can replace bland or boring words with better word choices to make your writing really stand out.

Here are 28 commonly used words in writing. You can use this quick cheat sheet of powerful words to replace these words. These other more exciting vocabulary will improve your writing instantly. Next time you write, try using the suggested words on the following infograpic instead of the words on the list below.

1. New
2. Next
3. Things
4. Feel
5. Seem
6. Best
7. Young
8. Just
9. Almost
10. Right
11. Old
12. Long
13. Important
14. Other
15. Sad
16. Happy 
17. Good
18. Bad
19. Like
20. Nice
21. Only
22. Real
23. Sweet
24. Funny
25. Little
26. Big
27. Pretty
28. Smart

Moms and dads helping their children with English writing homework can use this cheat sheet too!

Image Credit: 28 Boring Words Alternatives - Improve Your Writing Infographic by Jack Milgram