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Editing for Sensory Language Part 7 Movement

July 10, 2017October 23, 2020 zarawest

~GOING BEYOND 5 SENSES ~ Remember those two hard-to-spell senses I mentioned back when I started this series? Well, now it is time to talk about them. The vestibular sense provides feedback on our body’s balance, coordination, and movement in … Continue reading Editing for Sensory Language Part 7 Movement

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Editing for Sensory Language Part 6 Sound

July 6, 2017October 23, 2020 zarawest

~Do You Hear What I Hear? ~ Crash. Bang. Screech. Nothing can beat adding sound words into one’s writing. Our sense of hearing develops long before we are born. At 18 weeks, an unborn infant can start to hear sounds. … Continue reading Editing for Sensory Language Part 6 Sound

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Editing for Sensory Language Part 5: Vision

June 26, 2017October 23, 2020 zarawest

~ Take a Good Look ~ When we read, we create visual images in our heads. We picture the heroine’s dress. We see the house. We visualize the car speeding past. These visual images grow out of our own visual … Continue reading Editing for Sensory Language Part 5: Vision

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Editing for Sensory Language Part 2 SMELL

May 22, 2017October 23, 2020 zarawest

~ The Olfactory Sense: Using Our Nose ~ Smell is one of the most powerful of our senses. Smell forms and solidifies memories and evokes the emotions. A familiar odor can bring back an image or event from the past. Smells … Continue reading Editing for Sensory Language Part 2 SMELL

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Editing for Sensory Language

May 15, 2017October 23, 2020 zarawest

– Weaving in the Seven Senses – As you can tell from the title I am still editing. I have gone over my current manuscript for all the big things. Now it is time for me to add those little details that … Continue reading Editing for Sensory Language

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