2. Sight / Visual Imagery As An Experience As An Experience Considerations: Considerations: Color Color Brightness/dimness Brightness/dimness Clarity/lack of clarity Clarity/lack of clarity How it travels (the power of modifiers) How it travels (the power of modifiers) Show don’t tell: reaction to it Show don’t tell: reaction to it

3. Smell – Olfactory Imagery As a reality As a reality Considerations Considerations Positive, negative Positive, negative Strength Strength How it travels How it travels Show don’t tell: reactions to it Show don’t tell: reactions to it

4. Example #1 Telling: ” The ground floor, rented room was tiny, damp and obviously uncared for.” Showing: "As he entered the room from the hallway the first thing he noticed was the fusty smell: a combination of mould, damp and stale cigarette smoke. There were snail trails across the worn, brown, cord carpet that covered what little floor space there was. Opposite the doorway, pushed up against the wall, was a single bed, covered with a duvet but no duvet cover and a flat, tobacco-stained pillow.”http://www.writing-world.com/grammar/print/dawn02.shtml

5. Sight and smell

6. Sound – Auditory Imagery As A Reality As A Reality Considerations: Considerations: Loudness Loudness Sharpness Sharpness How it travels How it travels Show don’t tell- reaction to it Show don’t tell- reaction to it

7. Example #2 Telling: The bell rang. Telling: The bell rang. Showing: Ernie sheltered his ears from the discordant clang that sounded through the halls with the force of a hundred jarring keystrokes. http://www.soundsnap.com/industry_and_machi nes/rollercoaster Showing: Ernie sheltered his ears from the discordant clang that sounded through the halls with the force of a hundred jarring keystrokes. http://www.soundsnap.com/industry_and_machi nes/rollercoaster http://www.soundsnap.com/industry_and_machi nes/rollercoaster http://www.soundsnap.com/industry_and_machi nes/rollercoaster https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrqeQ0bYj7s

8. Touch – Tactile Imagery As a reality As a reality Considerations: Considerations: Temperature Temperature Texture Texture Show don’t tell: reaction to it Show don’t tell: reaction to it

9. Example #3 Telling: He played the piano. Telling: He played the piano. Showing: “ When his fingers assumed a life of their own, titillating the ivory keys with the complex music of Bach and Mozart and Beethoven, and he became one with the cadence, breathing with the crescendos, his fingers caressing the melody, until everything else faded, everything else disappeared, and only the music existed.” http://www.inspirationforwriters.com/techniques/s how.html

10. Describe this scene employing tactile imagery:

11. Taste / Gustatory Imagery: Close your eyes. Imagine your main character taking a bite of his/her favorite food. Take a second bite. Think of the tastes. How would you describe them without telling us what they are? Take a third bite. Think of the textures. How would you describe them without telling us what it is. Open your eyes. Describe in writing.

12. Show Don’t Tell- Depict the Senses How can these statements be revised? “It was cold.” “It was cold.” “The room smelled bad.” “The room smelled bad.” “Byron was a rich man.” “Byron was a rich man.” “The girl liked her birthday present.” “The girl liked her birthday present.”