Monday, April 4, 2011

Use of Smell and Taste


Don't forget to add smell and taste to enrich writing. They spark a reader's attention and tickle memories.

In "Search of Lost Time," Marcel Proust's narrator dips a cake into his tea.  When he sips, the crumbs blended with the warmth of the fluid transport him into an altered state.  He's filled with pleasure and joy that dissolve his former feelings of mediocrity and mortality.

Does a familiar scent transport you back in time?  Combine the details of smell and taste with warmth and texture to describe a state of mind.

Share a memory involving smell and taste.

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