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How to Describe Sensory Details in Your Story without \"Telling\"
(Originally published September 26, 2022)
Hey, storyteller!
Are you neglecting to incorporate one or more of the five senses in your story's descriptions?
Many writers focus on visual or auditory sensory details almost exclusively, leaving their descriptions feeling flat and diminishing reader engagement.
In this week's writer coaching session, I'll show you how to use specific word types and figurative language to incorporate multiple senses into a scene, so you can help readers maintain their focus on the story, deepen their immersion, and strengthen their connection to the characters. Plus, I have a few bonus tips to help you ramp up your descriptions even more.
Watch the video below to discover:
- how to make sure you aren't restricting your descriptions to the visual and auditory senses
- how to use specific nouns, powerful verbs, and creative adjectives to power up your sensory descriptions
- how to use figurative language to deepen the reader's engagement
- three bonus tips for describing sensory details
I Have a Gift for You!
Click this link to download your list of filter words, another resource to help you avoid telling.
Video Timestamps
- 0:01 Introduction
- 0:52 A Gift for You
- 1:58 Using the Non-Visual Senses
- 3:23 Nouns, Verbs, and Adjectives...Oh, my!
- 9:26 Figurative Language
- 11:16 Bonus Tips
- 12:34 This Week’s Power-Up
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