Finicky Formulations and Arduous Verbiage make for increased depth or skewed understanding

I am, as most quickly find, a slight language geek. I don't know many languages, and I don't know every detail of every grammatical rule of the few languages I do know, but I often find pleasure and enjoyment in a vivacious language. Using a well defined and varied but still smoothly flowing language is like upping the contrast and resolution on a television: you see the details better and the whole picture clearer.

The apt writer can thusly form short paragraphs and passages explaining in great detail what the amateur has problems even expressing clearly. While a large vocabulary in such a way empowers writers it also automatically imbues him with a handicap. This handicap is of a dual nature.

Firstly, handling a tool as complex as language without the required aptitude and skill inevitably produces complications and an unwieldy hard to understand text. English in particular can easily feel somewhat encumbered considering the sheer number of available words as it readily assimilates and creates new niche words wherever they egress and emerge.

Secondly, any overuse of heavy language is bound to feel somewhat daunting to some readers. Just as you don't give a muscle car to someone learning to drive, you don't give someone still learning English a Terry Pratchett book to read. Sure, he writes brilliantly, but his somewhat complex verbiage does have a tendency to deter some readers. What creates a vivid, detailed world to some invariably creates a fragmented picture to those not familiar with enough of the words used.

More often than not, my love for words and language (and anachronisms in particular) drives me to write some rather heavy text and commentary. I genuinely don't want to consternate anyone, but I love to make use of the rarely visited items in my vocabulary some times.

And to everyone out there writing: take care to limit or expand your verbiage to match your readers' vocabulary. Make sure you make yourself understood while delighting your readers  in a dynamic vivacious language with an edge in your expression.

And remember: have fun writing, and it will be more fun reading.