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Evoke, don’t report

June 23, 2017June 4, 2017 by The Writing Habit, posted in Senses

Hear the hail hit the roof, feel the heat of the oven, taste the sour orange and smell the new cut grass.

The reader is more involved when the story is more believable experienced through the character’s senses.

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