Multi-Sensory Perception

As writers, our job is to convey a message through words. If we're telling a story, we have the challenge of managing a plot while utilizing as many of the five senses as possible. If we're providing information, we condense hours, days, or a lifetime of research and knowledge into a 400-word article, 3-paragraph blog entry, or a 5-page paper. If we're introducing a new idea, we take something that barely makes sense in our heads and lay it out in a way others might understand.

Spoken word artists have an easier job. They can use voices, body language, the space around them, and even the audience to share sensory information. Not that spoken word is easier. Even if you are comfortable speaking in front of a crowd, it takes considerable skill to keep that crowd entertained. And you have to avoid the rookie mistake giving your audience too much credit. Just because the audience can see and hear you doesn't mean you can skip sensory information.

Speaking of creative writing, I want to try something new. One of my dreams is to write comic books. To practice serialized storytelling, I'm going to start a new project. Once a month, I'm going to tell a story from a fictional mythology. I'll probably start on this next week.

Funny link for the week: This week's link is awesome rather than funny, but still needs to be shared. Two of my interests are the Blade movies and salsa dancing. This video combines both of them.