by DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills
“The beginning of human knowledge is through the senses, and the fiction writer begins where human perception begins.” Flannery O’Connor
Experiencing a scene through the senses pulls in the energy of credibility, but only if the writer uses relational and understandable language that emerges from the real inner character. Emotions are displayed in ways that show the story through a POV character. Our characters differ in culture, memory, role models, education, life history, ethnicity, and personality. Those qualities help determine how to relay emotions—or not —and what motivates the character into action. This is true of how a character participates in a sensory activity.
