Jiyoon's Park: Sensory Details

Sensory details add a lot of flavors to a piece of writing. I, myself, have worked on it and found great differences in terms of imagining. With the sensory details, a writer can maximize one's memory and pass it onto the readers. It is one of most efficient ways of expressing the writer's feeling.

These are the examples of five sense category but it's not limited to. Sometimes people want to put the 6th sense: sensing. I like to use the 6th sense more than any other senses. It is something unexplainable but somehow rational. Personally I believe that the 6th sense is when the writer's style comes out.

Event	A day at the beach
Visual details	Children playing in the sand People lying on the beach and swimming in the water Sparkling sand with white-speckled shells Water meeting the blue sky at the horizon Lifeguard stand and hot dog stand
Sounds	Chatter and laughter of children Parents and children talking The lifeguard’s warming whistle The lapping of the surf against the sand The splashing of swimmers
Smells	Ocean air Slight fishy smell Whiff of roasting hot dogs Scent of suntan lotion
Tastes	Salt water Hot dogs
Feelings/ Textures	Heat of sun on back Sweat, cool water, and towel on skin Sand between toes