Use Your Senses [Challenge]

by kwatz

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Ok. I’m an old curmudgeon, but these challenges can be sort of fun. Time to throw my addition onto the pile.

Challenge name: Use Your Senses

Rules: Incorporate as many senses as you can into descriptions in a single ficlet.

The twist: Nearly everyone knows the five basic senses – sight, hearing, taste, smell, and touch. Frankly, I expect these to be included in entries. But can you also work in senses of – balance, acceleration, temperature, pain, and kinesthetic (i.e., information on the relative positions of the parts of the body; thanks, Wikipedia)?

And after all that, will your ficlet still make sense and tell a story?

Duration: Let’s give it two weeks.

Judging criteria: Quality of incorporation of the senses into the narrative, number incorporated, my whims.

There’s your challenge, folks.

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Average Reader Rating: 5.0 stars out of 5

  1. Use Your Senses [Challenge]

    Mistress Elsha Hawk's Buddy Icon Mistress Elsha Hawk

    Posted 2 months ago

    oh, this is right up my alley! LOL !

  2. Use Your Senses [Challenge]

    Mistress Elsha Hawk's Buddy Icon Mistress Elsha Hawk

    Posted 2 months ago

    tag it newchallenge and you’ll get more hits, plus you’ll be featured in the new FICBLOG !

  3. Use Your Senses [Challenge]

    kwatz's Buddy Icon kwatz

    Posted 2 months ago

    Thanks for the suggestion. Tag added.

  4. Use Your Senses [Challenge]

    NightMaiden's Buddy Icon NightMaiden

    Posted 2 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    What a lovely challenge! I really do love descriptions. : )

  5. Use Your Senses [Challenge]

    THX 0477's Buddy Icon THX 0477

    Posted 2 months ago

    I’m in, though it wound up a little dark. Okay, it’s a lot dark. What a mood I’m in this morning!

  6. Use Your Senses [Challenge]

    PyroPunk 51 (PPP LoA)'s Buddy Icon PyroPunk 51 (PPP LoA)

    Posted 2 months ago

    i think i got them all!

  7. Use Your Senses [Challenge]

    g2 (la pianista irlandesa)'s Buddy Icon g2 (la pianista irlandesa)

    Posted 2 months ago

    I’ll give it a shot. I’m not promising greatness, but it’s a great challenge to get those creative juices flowing.

  8. Use Your Senses [Challenge]

    kwatz's Buddy Icon kwatz

    Posted 2 months ago

    Some fantastically descriptive entries so far. Keep them coming!

  9. Use Your Senses [Challenge]

    OrangeOreos' Buddy Icon OrangeOreos

    Posted 2 months ago

    Man, I hate having to use all five senses in one ficlet.

    Makes me feel like I’m polluting words with unnecessary things. :)

    But I may have to give this a shot now that ficlets is working better again!

  10. Use Your Senses [Challenge]

    kwatz's Buddy Icon kwatz

    Posted 2 months ago

    Due to the technical difficulties of ficlets.com in recent days, I’ve extended the deadline for this challenge another week.

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