/lit/ - Literature

How do I become more articulate, in not just writing but also speaking? I used to think it was knowing a wide range of vocabulary but there's clearly some core syntactical problem that eludes me. Maybe it has to do with the way my thoughts are structured in my head, maybe it has to do with how I translate those into language, maybe it's something else. Regardless, I'm noticing it more and more and it makes me reluctant to speak because I realize how stupid and discursive everything I say is. There's no drive or direction and so many words feel extraneous. I feel like there's some hidden dimension to speaking that's perpetually out of my reach. Are there resources for me to learn how to get the most out of every word and really grasp the structure of language and use it to my advantage. Would studying and reciting poetry or the speeches of famous orators help with this?