Challenge your writing!

Do you depend on one sense in your writing and forget to use a variety of sights, sounds and scents to enrich the text?

Select paragraphs from your favorite writer or a piece of your own writing.  Notice what sense prevails.  What if you remove it and replace it with another?

Observe the use of adjectives and adverbs.  Replace them with a metaphor or action verb to expand meaning.

How would you:

Describe a garden without the use of color?
Reveal music without using sound words?
Describe a meal without describing its taste?
Detail a sunset without a visual image?
Show the scent of a rose in metaphor?

Write about the process of challenging your writing by adding elements you don't usually consider.