SENSORY FUN!!

DIANE'S SPECIAL EXERCISE FOR ME!

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Date: 10/13/09 @ 10:08pm
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Subject: Sense Exercise Fixed--Use this one! (fwd)


Jenny,
Because of your personal circumstances you are not able to actively participate in some of the assignments for the Sunrise course. Meaning, because your physical environment is limited to the immediate area, you do not have the opportunity to reach out and place yourself in different sensory settings.
You write about what you do experience in your surroundings, your cats, the meals you enjoy, etc.
This is fine but since your environment has limitations, it is hampering your practice with sensory imagery.

I really want to help you learn how to add sensory imagery to your work and think I may have found the answer.
Rixy, my assistant, has a really cool exercise she is sharing with us that I believe will help you understand the concept of lesson 4.
Take a look at the exercise below. Copy and paste the directions into your own PC and then practice the exercise. I believe this is going to really help you get comfortable with adding sensory imagery to your work.

I would like you to submit at least 10 sentences to me in an email showing me how you applied the exercise and the final sentences you came up with.

Let me know if you have any problems understanding the directions for the exercise.
Diane
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There are five senses: Hearing, feeling, tasting, smelling, seeing.
Here is an example of how the process works:
Step 1: Write a basic sentence: Sandalwood filled the room, shortly after Jessie lit a stick of her favorite incense.
Step 2: Locate the first noun: Sandalwood
Step 3: Close your eyes and see the Sandalwood:
Step 4: How does the Sandalwood sound?: Does not Apply. (DNA)
Step 5: How does the Sandalwood feel?: Does not Apply (DNA)
Step 6: How does the Sandalwood taste?: Does not Apply (DNA)
Step 7: How does the Sandalwood smell?: sweet, dusky, light, heavy
Step 8: How does the Sandalwood look?: Does not Apply (DNA)
Step 9: Rewrite with one or more of your choices. Sweet sandalwood filled the….

Step 1: Write a basic sentence: Sandalwood filled the room, shortly after Jessie lit a stick of her favorite incense.
Step 2: Locate the second noun: room
Step 3: Close your eyes and see a photo of the room
Step 4: How does the room sound?: noisy, still,
Step 5: How does the room feel?: (DNA)
Step 6: How does the room taste?: (DNA)
Step 7: How does the room smell?: (DNA) (we used this for Sandelwood)
Step 8: How does the room look?: Golden-hued, shabby chic, modern, worn carpet, numerous ash trays overflowing
Step 9: Rewrite with one or more of your choices. golden-hued room.

Step 1: Write a basic sentence: Sandalwood filled the room, shortly after Jessie lit a stick of her favorite incense.
Step 2: Locate the next noun: Jessie
Step 3: Close your eyes and see a photo of Jessie
Step 4: How does the Jessie sound?: shivering, giggling, hiccupping, coughing
Step 5: How does the Jessie feel?: enraged, sick, mad
Step 6: How does the Jessie taste?: (DNA)
Step 7: How does the Jessie smell?: (DNA) (we used this for Sandelwood)
Step 8: How does the Jessie look?: obese, skinny, waif-like, lithe, hawk-faced
Step 9: Rewrite with one or more of your choices. shortly after the hawk-faced, hiccupping Jessie….


Step 1: Write a basic sentence: Sandalwood filled the room, shortly after Jessie lit a stick of her favorite incense.
Step 2: Locate the next noun: stick
Step 3: Close your eyes and see the stick
Step 4: How does the stick sound?: sputtering, spitting, crackling
Step 5: How does the stick feel?: (DNA)
Step 6: How does the stick taste?: (DNA)
Step 7: How does the stick smell?: (DNA) (we used this for Sandelwood)
Step 8: How does the stick look?: thin, fat, long, short, cone-shaped
Step 9: Rewrite with one or more of your choices. lit the long sputtering stick….

Step 1: Write a basic sentence. Sandalwood filled the room, shortly after Jessie lit a stick of her favorite incense.
Step 2: Locate the next noun: incense
Step 3: Close your eyes and see the incense (DNA) (we used this for Sandelwood)
Step 4: How does the incense sound?: (DNA) already covered
Step 5: How does the incense feel?: rough, smooth, hot
Step 6: How does the incense taste?: (DNA)
Step 7: How does the incense smell?: (DNA) (we used this for Sandelwood)
Step 8: How does the incense look?: DNA) (we used this with stick)
Step 9: Rewrite with one or more of your choices. NO ADDITIONS

Now, put all of your steps together and you have:

Sweet sandalwood filled the golden-hued room shortly after the hawk-faced, hiccupping Jessie lit the long sputtering stick of her favorite incense.

Here is a generic copy of the steps above. Copy and paste the steps below into your writing program and get practicing!I hope you will try this with at least one of your sentences and let me know how it went for you. This email was created on Word, so it should cut and paste well inside and outside of Writing.com

Step 1: Write a basic sentence: ___________________________________
Step 2: Locate the first noun: ___________________________________
Step 3: Close your eyes and picture/taste/touch the __________
Step 4: How does the _________sound?: _____________________________
Step 5: How does the _________ feel?: _____________________________
Step 6: How does the _________ taste?: _____________________________
Step 7: How does the _________ smell?:_____________________________
Step 8: How does the _________ look?: _____________________________
Step 9: Rewrite with one or more of your choices.

Do the same with the following nouns....follow the steps above for each, and then type your finished sentence. Compare your first sentence with the last. Which one has more sensory description?
Try this with a number of sentences and then send them to me in an email.
You do not need to send me the entire process, the steps taken, to writing the final sentence with sensory imagery.
Write me if you're having trouble with this assignment.
Diane_____________________________________________________________


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