Riehl Life: Village Wisdom for the 21st Century » sensory scan http://www.riehlife.com Creating connections through the arts and across cultures Sat, 21 Jan 2012 14:35:51 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Riehlife Writing Idea: Sensory Scan as Memory Prompt http://www.riehlife.com/2008/02/02/riehlife-writing-idea-sensory-scan-as-memory-prompt/ http://www.riehlife.com/2008/02/02/riehlife-writing-idea-sensory-scan-as-memory-prompt/#comments Sat, 02 Feb 2008 21:33:48 +0000 riehlife http://www.riehlife.com/2008/02/02/riehlife-writing-idea-sensory-scan-as-memory-prompt/ When Jake Lorfing and I were talking yesterday about some long ago work I felt would be worthy writing material, he said, "But I don't remember anything; it's too long ago."

I suggested he do a Sensory Scan. You can do this, too.

1) Take each sense in turn: sight, sound, taste, touch, smell.

2) Scan each sense. Put yourself back in the situation you want to remember in order to write about. Let's say you are working with sound: A door slams. A person screams, groans, giggles. A cane taps on the corridor.

"Yes, it's working. Pictures are coming in," reported Jake.

And, then, write, dad-gum-it.

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