$20 Words

Who enjoys using big words that are written so damn well that it makes the reader rush to a dictionary to see what it means?

Example... music and memory are ubiquitous.
When I was in college, I was talking to a friend about all the $50 words I liked but never could manage to work into a story. He said "Why don't you just use them all in one story?" So I did.
 
I try to write my stories with words that my readers don’t have to look up. There was an exception, though. I was writing about my dad, who was the only person in the neighborhood who still had a print subscription. I called him a luddite.
 
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