I see. Well, you can definitely overdo it. Especially if/when the mental landscape is barren and you're trying to write something for the sake of getting it done or meeting a deadline or whatever. 
Like all of life, writing is a balancing act ☯️

Kontext

BooksAndArticles

When writing, look at what you are trying to describe more than at your words

Scoresby

There was a time when my sentences became so emaciated in their pursuit of concision that they were ugly, bony things and indistinguishable - as if a famine had been upon my mind. Not good. 