Scent

Read Exodus 29-32

Exodus 30:35 "And thou shalt make it a perfume, a confection after the art of the apothecary, tempered together, pure and holy:"

When setting a scene, use all the senses. Vision is the easiest and most common sense used, but if we can figure out a way to work the sense of smell into a scene, it will put our writing ahead of others’.

Scent triggers memories and triggers emotions based on those memories: cinnamon baking in the warm, cozy homes from childhood, for instance or our grandfather’s aftershave lotion.

 

It doesn’t have to be past memories or pleasant ones: the stench of rotting garbage or an ex-wife’s perfume. When writing a scene just take an extra few minutes to see if any scents will help make the reader feel she is there.