Using a wide variety of sensory props, supplemented by extensive word lists, the attendees will discover through brainstorming, and assimilate through experience, novel techniques for layering the five traditional senses (sight, hearing, taste, smell, touch) with the six other scientifically recognized senses (pain, balance, sense of time, joint motion/acceleration, thermoception, direction) into their writing.
We will also consider the internal receptor senses: respiration rate, vasodilation, swallowing, intestinal distress, gagging, fullness, cramping, headaches, and learn how to apply them to elicit an instinctive reaction in the reader.
To layer in the sensibility
essential to crafting compelling fiction, attendees will ascribe emotions and body language to
each sensory input, and play ‘what if’ with their answers.
Sensory props will include samples of textures, tastes, sounds, odors, and visuals. Think movie property department meets vacationing romance writer -- definitely fun for everyone.
In the longer version of this highly interactive workshop, we will pay tribute to extrasensory perception (second sight), and learn how to weave 'light' paranormal elements into writing to expand readership.
Contact me for more information at marilyn @ marilynkelly.net.
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For $25.00 plus $5.00 shipping you can have a workshop ready in case a speaker doesn't show or your resources are limited. Any good public speaker can take the materials and deliver an engaging workshop. This was a big hit at RWA national in Orlando, but I do have a few left. (Thanks to everyone who attended and shared their stories of how this workshop has helped their writing.)
Contact me at marilyn @ marilynkelly.net for details.