In Part 35 of her Editing 101 series on The Story Reading Ape, Susan Uttendorfsky discusses using the five senses in our writing. I especially enjoyed her examples for the sense of smell, e.g., A gym bag in September that hasn’t been emptied since June. Visit Chris’ blog to read the rest of this superb article and link to the previous 34 in this series…
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Using the five senses
I love it when an author decides to use the senses in writing their descriptions. It’s so rarely done, it seems, that it keeps the story fresh and exciting for me. Let’s talk about some ways to incorporate each of them into your descriptions—without going overboard, of course! Nobody wants a blow-by-blow listing of everything your main character smelled in a day, especially if he’s a homicide detective in the morgue!
When using any of the senses in writing description, you want to remember “Show, don’t tell” to get the most effectiveness out of it.
Taste
Your first cup of coffee in the morning—does anything taste better? Or, on the other hand, it can be your biggest…
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Excellent!!
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Indeed! Susan is fantastic 🙂
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Thanks for sharing, Tina XXX 😀
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Welcome, Chris ❤
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Thank you Tina for sharing.. Lots to learn when I put that book into motion.. 🙂
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Welcome, Sue. Susan is the best. All segments of her Editing 101 series are on Chris’ site, when you’re ready ❤
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🙂 Thank you Tina.. 🙂 ❤
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This is a good reminder to use all five senses as I’m just doing some editing. 🙂
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I’m glad you’re finding it useful, Carolee. So nice of you to stop by. Thank you ❤
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Love Susan’s editing tips. ❤
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Me, too, Deb. It’s so generous of her to offer this series for free ❤
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Yes it sure is. ❤
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