Comments on: Writing Technique: Smells Make a Story Real https://diymfa.com/writing/writing-technique-smells-make-a-story-real/ Tools & Techniques for the Serious Writer Mon, 10 Feb 2020 20:22:23 +0000 hourly 1 By: RobinTVale https://diymfa.com/writing/writing-technique-smells-make-a-story-real/#comment-4024 Tue, 19 Sep 2017 15:58:00 +0000 https://diymfa.com/?p=7486#comment-4024 Alright here we go giving it a try:

When the pot of Hills brothers coffee started, the oiliness snaked though the apartment; a sharp, gnarlyness that made me gag. Its flavor was weak, acidic and truly disgusting. No amount of creamer and sugar helped. Blarrg.

I’m never buying this shite again.

]]> By: Shirley Fedorak https://diymfa.com/writing/writing-technique-smells-make-a-story-real/#comment-3924 Sun, 18 Jun 2017 00:48:00 +0000 https://diymfa.com/?p=7486#comment-3924 I could use some fresh examples of how to insert smells in a deep POV that does not use filter words like smelled.

]]> By: Nicholas Rossis https://diymfa.com/writing/writing-technique-smells-make-a-story-real/#comment-907 Tue, 26 Nov 2013 11:31:00 +0000 https://diymfa.com/?p=7486#comment-907 Hi Rayne, loved the article! So, I’ll have a stab at it: “He took a deep
breath, expecting the familiar mouldy smell that surrounded the entire underground
complex. Instead, a pungent, yet reassuring scent of disinfectant greeted him.”

]]> By: Rayne Hall https://diymfa.com/writing/writing-technique-smells-make-a-story-real/#comment-903 Wed, 20 Nov 2013 18:10:00 +0000 https://diymfa.com/?p=7486#comment-903 In reply to K Perrin.

Yes, send them here. 🙂

]]> By: K Perrin https://diymfa.com/writing/writing-technique-smells-make-a-story-real/#comment-902 Wed, 20 Nov 2013 13:42:00 +0000 https://diymfa.com/?p=7486#comment-902 I’ve been preaching this to all my friends who write! Thank you for writing this so I can send them here. “See, I’m not the only one saying this; and she’s PUBLISHED!” 🙂

]]> By: Rayne Hall https://diymfa.com/writing/writing-technique-smells-make-a-story-real/#comment-901 Wed, 20 Nov 2013 09:51:00 +0000 https://diymfa.com/?p=7486#comment-901 ~Who’ll make a start and share their sentence?

]]> By: Rayne Hall https://diymfa.com/writing/writing-technique-smells-make-a-story-real/#comment-899 Tue, 19 Nov 2013 23:00:00 +0000 https://diymfa.com/?p=7486#comment-899 Who’ll share their sentence about smells?

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