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July 22, 2015 I'm going to start today to record on a daily basis whatever happens to strike my fancy. So, it is a very cool breezy day. I just posted 5 short book reviews to The Monthly Reading Challenge. I'm suppose to put away some winter wood today from the woodpile outside but I'm playing hookey from work to write so starting this blog will get done. I'm having a daily fight with a flock of English Sparrows that are trying to take over my barn. They are making a terrible mess so they have to go. I have destroyed several nests so far they don't leave but they get out of the barn when I am around. I'm just starting the fight so I guess I don't know how far I have to go to discourage them. I'm trying not to spread myself to thin on WDC because I find so many things that are interesting here and I am trying to work on a new story. I really enjoy sitting at my desk with a cup of tea and reading blogs on WDC. |
While you all were busy digging and trolling through "Writing.Com 101" yesterday, I learned something new as well! *Magnify* Did you know that butterflies taste with their feet? *Butterfly2O* Do you think taste is an under-utilized sense in writing? Reflect on how taste can be better utilized in your writing to enhance a scene.  a sense of something in your mouth or a quality of something. I doubt it is really under utilized. Because, any writing is better presented with the descriptions it has utilized. Of Course, there is always the physical tasting of snacks as the writer or reader progresses through a story or article or poem, as it is being read or written.   . Descriptions make the story. Descriptions place the scenes. The wrapper on the candy crinkled as I unwound it. One lick told me the solid red sweet was the flavor of cinnamon. Or, some people think that a girl with purple stripes in her hair, long dangling bangles on her ears, ripped blue jeans, and bare feet doesn't have any taste in outfits. Taste is probably the sense that makes the world of writing spin. Description is the use of sensory writing. If you can taste it you can describe it. THE END ![Merit Badge in Newsfeed
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| What fun it is starting an Official Round on a Thursday! Seasoned competitors will know that Thursdays are what we refer to around here as "Wildcard Rounds." Anything can happen, so you'd best be on your toes. Unfortunately, I have bad news for you - during your wild Halloween escapades, you’ve found yourself lost in a labyrinth. The "Writing.Com 101" labyrinth to be exact! I think there’s a Minotaur in here, so you’d better hurry and find a way to escape! Luckily, before entering the labyrinth, I gave each of you a cookie (your choice of flavor), a paperclip, and a toy truck for your amusement. There are two ways to free yourself from the labyrinth: 1.) Learn something new and teach us what you learned, or 2.) Dig your way free with the tools provided. Good luck *Devilish*  a labyrinthTools: A Peanut Butter Cookie / a red  / and a toy truckWell this did not work out well. More than half of my November 1 entry was deleted. So, I will at least put the important part back. I thing of Writing.com as a city. All the places in  101 are streets and shops to visit. I visited writing.com 101/the Community / #5 wish list. Wish List: Tells you how to fill your wish list by visiting the shop. And, How to grant someone else's wish off their list. Also, where to go to see all the wish lists on WDC. I never knew you could do this so I think it is kind of fun and important information. This was better yesterday but, I seem to have a computer glitch that happened over the internet since I tried out the wish list idea and it was also deleted from my portfolio. Oh well. today is a new day so I'll just move forward. |
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