May 16, 2014 Prompt #15 To wrap up Sensory Week, it’s our long-awaited taste prompt. To enrich this exercise, I’ve included other senses as well. Tuck a napkin under your chin and let’s get started. Instructions Choose a fruit that you enjoy (or dislike) for this exercise. Other foods can work too; you mayContinue reading “Sensory Week: Taste”
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Sensory Week: Smell
May 15, 2014 Prompt #14 This is among my favorite prompts, since smell brings up specific associations and memories. Plus, it’s fun to smell stuff. Instructions Find something in your house with a specific scent or odor. Looking for ideas? Consider one of these: a lemon, garlic bulb, crayons, chalk, perfume orContinue reading “Sensory Week: Smell”
Sensory Week: Sight
May 14, 2014 Prompt #13 As a visual person, descriptions of what things look like fill my writing. How do I use this “visual default” in the larger service of my writing? How can give “fresh eyes” to my visual description? I created today’s prompt with such challenges in mind. Instructions Choose a familiar, perhapsContinue reading “Sensory Week: Sight”
Sensory Week: Touch
May 13, 2014 Prompt #12 Our sense of touch is so important that when we want to establish if something is real, we reach out and try to touch it. What does touch tell us? Hot. Cold. Hard. Soft. Wet. Dry. Smooth. Sharp. Rough. Ridged. Sticky. As writers, where do we go from there?Continue reading “Sensory Week: Touch”
Sensory Week: Sound
May 12, 2014 Prompt #11 Welcome to Sensory Week here at The Writeous Sisters. Each day, Monday through Friday, will focus on a different sense. Today: Hearing. Instructions Start with a selection without words, such as a piano concerto, jazz, Big Band, or other instrumental work. Play your selection and write down whatever words, phrases,Continue reading “Sensory Week: Sound”
Ellen Orleans 