I. Sight: Give the plants, trees, grass, insects, animals, reptiles, and fish in your story human traits.
Your Turn: Choose one living thing from the list above and give it human feelings, thoughts, and actions.
By the Sea by Katherine McIntyre
II. Scent and Smell: Digging Deeper. What does brine and breeze smell like?
Your Turn: Using the smell and sight senses describe "brine" and "breeze."
III. Give Inanimate Objects Life
"What a miracle it is that out of these small, flat, rigid squares of paper unfolds world after world after world, worlds that sing to you, comfort and quiet or excite you.”
— Anne Lamott
Your Turn: Describe an object in your story as if it were alive.
