A hallmark of good writing is lots of details that appeal to the senses. I’ve found that I often rely on one or two senses. Perhaps you’ve found you also have preferences. To stretch your writing muscles, pick a prompt below that relates to a sense that you don’t use much in your writing, or perhaps at all.
1. What do you think she hears? Write a story about her.
2. What is this man experiencing?
3. Write from the POV of the pig what he or she smells.
4. Have you ever visited an aquarium with a touching tank for the kids? Describe what rays and other sea creatures feel like.
5. The title of this photo is “trippy”! What do you see? What is happening in this scene anyway?
Or use one of the the photos in any way you like to write a story. Better yet, see if you can link two or more of them in a story!
Here’s a wreath poem for you Kimberly!
SENSES EIGHT
I count my senses, make them eight,
My taste, my hearing, touch, smell, sight.
I bite the lemon, stroke the skate,
and celebrate this spaced-out light.
My nose ignites, my ear’s acute,
the fruit of space – oh whither? Whence?
My sense of balance in dispute,
my self reboots, I’m all pretence.
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Apart from the common five, the eight senses include the proprioceptive sense (spacial awareness), the vestibular (sense of balance), and the interoceptive sense – as I understand it our sense of how we feel physically and mentally. Looking at Trippy, I think I must have dropped some acid.
🙂
Thanks John! Love your integration of EIGHT senses. That was the intended effect of “Trippy” 🙂