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@bramble-wisp.bsky.social

you smell like
earthy petrichor,
salted sea breeze,
pine,

and just
a little more
floral,

more rain,
in you,
than the rest of us

drawn in.

#humanbouquet #softbeings #flowersofbluesky #redwednesday #sensorywriting #archivedpoetry #photography

April 8, 2026 at 12:36 PM

Hai Q

@andyrukes.ca

~
𝑷𝒐𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒔
𝑳𝒊𝒌𝒆 "𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒏" 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒐𝒊𝒍
𝑶𝒓 𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒂𝒓𝒔
~
#Haiku #WordsMatter #LanguageAndFeeling #SensoryWriting

June 7, 2026 at 6:29 PM

Bold Quill Studio

@boldquillstudio.bsky.social

World-building challenge!

Describe a location from your WIP using only three senses—and none of them can be sight.

What do you hear, smell, feel, or taste? Let's see how immersive we can get.

#WritingChallenge #SensoryWriting #FiveSenses #BoldQuillStudio

July 28, 2025 at 12:07 PM

Frances Wong, Children’s Author

@authorfranceswong.bsky.social

Descriptive language paints vivid pictures in readers' minds. How do you capture sensory details to make your scenes come alive? Share your techniques! 🎨🖋️ #SensoryWriting #Authors

October 7, 2023 at 8:50 PM

William T. Torgerson - Analysis Paralysis Dialysis

@williamtorgerson.com

"The cake smelled like skinny-dipping on a cool summer night."

A sensory experiment in near-missed opportunity.

#writingcommunity #shortstory #sensorywriting #neurodivergentwriters

Seeds Lost in Velvet

A experiment in 30-Degree Shift through sensory experience

open.substack.com

March 4, 2026 at 6:17 PM

prompt

@prompt.streetwi.se.ap.brid.gy

#aiwriting #creativewriting #writingtips #emotionalintelligence #storytelling #humanlikeai #promptdesign #sensorywriting #showdonttell #emotionalnuance (3/3)

February 4, 2026 at 6:11 AM

AuthorKWilliams

@captainmaiel.bsky.social

Writing The Senses #OpenBookBlogHop
By @pjmaclayne.bsky.social

www.pjmaclayne.com?p=22134
#obbh #booksky #writing #sensorywriting

Writing The Senses #OpenBook Blog Hop - P.J. MacLayne

Which of the senses is the hardest for you to include in your writing?

www.pjmaclayne.com

June 3, 2026 at 9:19 PM

AuthorKWilliams

@captainmaiel.bsky.social

#OpenBookBlogHop – 1st June 2026 by
@stevensmithauthor.bsky.social which of the 5 senses gives you the most trouble in writing?
authorstevensmith.co.uk/2026/06/01/o... #obbh #booksky #senses #SensoryWriting

Open Book Blog Hop – 1st June 2026

This week on the Open Book Blog Hop, we discuss the five senses.

authorstevensmith.co.uk

June 3, 2026 at 9:10 PM

AuthorKWilliams

@captainmaiel.bsky.social

Writing the senses. @coffeeandink2.bsky.social

#obbh #openbookbloghop #booksky #sensorywriting #Writing #senses

coffeeandinkbooks.wordpress.com/2026/06/01/o...

Open Book Blog Hop, June 1, 2026

Which of the senses is the hardest for you to include in your writing? I have to say it’s usually touch that’s hard to remember to include. Then smell. And taste. The world my most recent main char…

coffeeandinkbooks.wordpress.com

June 3, 2026 at 9:17 PM

AuthorKWilliams

@captainmaiel.bsky.social

No senses, no feelings. Adding every sensory input for a complete experience. - go.shr.lc/4af7rgz by @richarddee.bsky.social
#openbookbloghop #obbh #booksky #senses #sensorywriting

No senses, no feelings. Adding every sensory input for a complete experience.

Welcome back to another bloghop, with #OpenBook. This week, we're talking about using all the senses.

go.shr.lc

June 3, 2026 at 9:04 PM

AuthorKWilliams

@captainmaiel.bsky.social

There's a Smell? by @LelaMarkham

aurorawatcherak.wordpress.com/2026/06/01/t...
#obbh #openbookbloghop #writing #sensorywriting #booksky

There’s a Smell?

June 1, 2026 Which of the senses is the hardest for you to include in your writing? Rules: 1. Link your blog to this hop. 2. Notify your following that you are participating in this blog hop. 3. Pr…

aurorawatcherak.wordpress.com

June 3, 2026 at 9:27 PM

Madintheuk

@madintheuk.bsky.social

Measuring Time in Doing Things
By Annie Hazzard

madintheuk.com/2025/10/meas...

#PoeticProse #LivedExperience #AlteredStates #CriticalMentalHealth #HumanExperience #TimeAndMemory #SensoryWriting #MadPride #WritersOfInstagram #ArtOfSurvival #ExistentialArt #Storytelling

October 11, 2025 at 9:30 AM

AuthorKWilliams

@captainmaiel.bsky.social

Sight Unseen - #OpenBookBlogHop No. 531

authorkwilliams.com/2026/06/sigh... #obbh #booksky #writing #sensorywriting #booksky

Sight Unseen - Open Book Blog Hop #531

I don't struggle so much with this, except maybe on always remembering to keep it active voice. Even at my write writing age, slipping into passive voice is so easy. I mean, characters remember things...

authorkwilliams.com

June 3, 2026 at 9:29 PM

authorjunesky.bsky.social

@authorjunesky.bsky.social

#Am Writing #Setting #The Night Chronicles #Whisper WoodsWriting a scene in The Night Chronicles where the atmosphere is everything. If you were standing in the middle of the Whisper Woods, what’s the first thing you’d notice? The silence? The Noise?🕯️
#TheNightChronicles #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #DarkFantasy #WIP #SensoryWriting

July 9, 2026 at 3:20 PM