https://www.authorlearningcenter.com/writing/managing-your-writing-life/w/education-and-craft/7145/how-using-the-five-senses-in-writing-can-show-readersen-USTelligent Community 10https://www.authorlearningcenter.com/writing/managing-your-writing-life/w/education-and-craft/7145/how-using-the-five-senses-in-writing-can-show-readersThu, 06 Dec 2018 19:30:32 GMT809ccca5-04d2-44bf-8f5c-ff0a6d33c80b:3ee148ec-6a8c-4153-9bbc-0659d3f4d576Melody Dean Dimickhttps://www.authorlearningcenter.com/writing/managing-your-writing-life/w/education-and-craft/7145/how-using-the-five-senses-in-writing-can-show-readers#commentsCurrent Revision posted to Education and Craft by Melody Dean Dimick on 12/6/2018 7:30:32 PM<br /> <div class="asl-wikipage-summary"> <p>Readers want to enter your world; that is why they picked up your book. However, it&rsquo;s harder than ever to engage a reader&rsquo;s short attention span. An often discussed way of captivating the reader is to use sensory language. Make the reader smell, see, hear, feel, and taste your words. While that&rsquo;s a common way of talking about writing, what does it mean to actually do it? What are overused phrases and how can authors utilize words that force a reader to experience a piece of work? Author and poet Melody Dean Dimick explains the beauty and importance of sensory language in her own work. Of course, the five senses need to be used in all forms of writing. Per Dominick, there&rsquo;s something special about sensory language in poetry. Without sensory language, we tend to tell the reader about the scene instead of immersing the reader in the scene. Listen to the clip below as Dimick shares examples of sensory language.&nbsp; &nbsp;</p> <p><a href="https://www.authorlearningcenter.com/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-02-16/HowUsingtheFiveSensesinWritingCanShowReaders.mp4">www.authorlearningcenter.com/.../HowUsingtheFiveSensesinWritingCanShowReaders.mp4</a></p> </div><div style="clear:both;"></div> <div style="font-size: 90%;">Tags: fiction, Nonfiction, Subscriber, video</div> https://www.authorlearningcenter.com/writing/managing-your-writing-life/w/education-and-craft/7145/how-using-the-five-senses-in-writing-can-show-readers/revision/2Tue, 04 Dec 2018 15:44:57 GMT809ccca5-04d2-44bf-8f5c-ff0a6d33c80b:3ee148ec-6a8c-4153-9bbc-0659d3f4d576Melody Dean Dimickhttps://www.authorlearningcenter.com/writing/managing-your-writing-life/w/education-and-craft/7145/how-using-the-five-senses-in-writing-can-show-readers#commentsRevision 2 posted to Education and Craft by Melody Dean Dimick on 12/4/2018 3:44:57 PM<br /> <div class="asl-wikipage-summary"> <p>Readers want to enter your world; that is why they picked up your book. However, it&rsquo;s harder than ever to engage a reader&rsquo;s short attention span. An often discussed way of captivating the reader is to use sensory language. Make the reader smell, see, hear, feel, and taste your words. While that&rsquo;s a common way of talking about writing, what does it mean to actually do it? What are overused phrases and how can authors utilize words that force a reader to experience a piece of work? Author and poet Melody Dean Dimick explains the beauty and importance of sensory language in her own work. Of course, the five senses need to be used in all forms of writing. Per Dominick, there&rsquo;s something special about sensory language in poetry. Without sensory language, we tend to tell the reader about the scene instead of immersing the reader in the scene. Listen to the clip below as Dimick shares examples of sensory language.&nbsp; &nbsp;</p> <p><a href="https://www.authorlearningcenter.com/cfs-file/__key/communityserver-wikis-components-files/00-00-00-02-16/HowUsingtheFiveSensesinWritingCanShowReaders.mp4">www.authorlearningcenter.com/.../HowUsingtheFiveSensesinWritingCanShowReaders.mp4</a></p> </div><div style="clear:both;"></div> <div style="font-size: 90%;">Tags: fiction, Nonfiction, video</div> https://www.authorlearningcenter.com/writing/managing-your-writing-life/w/education-and-craft/7145/how-using-the-five-senses-in-writing-can-show-readers/revision/1Thu, 29 Nov 2018 22:06:58 GMT809ccca5-04d2-44bf-8f5c-ff0a6d33c80b:3ee148ec-6a8c-4153-9bbc-0659d3f4d576Melody Dean Dimickhttps://www.authorlearningcenter.com/writing/managing-your-writing-life/w/education-and-craft/7145/how-using-the-five-senses-in-writing-can-show-readers#commentsRevision 1 posted to Education and Craft by Melody Dean Dimick on 11/29/2018 10:06:58 PM<br /> <div class="asl-wikipage-summary"> <p>Readers want to enter your world; that is why they picked up your book. However, it&rsquo;s harder than ever to engage a reader&rsquo;s short attention span. An often discussed way of captivating the reader is to use sensory language. Make the reader smell, see, hear, feel, and taste your words. While that&rsquo;s a common way of talking about writing, what does it mean to actually do it? What are overused phrases and how can authors utilize words that force a reader to experience a piece of work? Author and poet Melody Dean Dimick explains the beauty and importance of sensory language in her own work. Of course, the five senses need to be used in all forms of writing. Per Dominick, there&rsquo;s something special about sensory language in poetry. Without sensory language, we tend to tell the reader about the scene instead of immersing the reader in the scene. Listen to the clip below as Dimick shares examples of sensory language.&nbsp; &nbsp;</p> </div><div style="clear:both;"></div> <div style="font-size: 90%;">Tags: fiction, Nonfiction, video</div>