Wright’s Writing Corner: Engaging the Senses
Advice about adding sensual details to make a scene come alive:
Why? You ask. What’s the big deal about sound and smell, and maybe taste or feel?
Makes the experience feel more real.
Imagine you had someone in a virtual reality suit, and you wanted to convince them [sic] into believing your program was the real world—not necessarily to delude them, but to entertain them. No matter how realistic your visuals, if they heard and smelled their living room while seeing your waterfalls and grand vistas, they would never been entirely swept away.
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About John C Wright
John C. Wright is a practicing philosopher, a retired attorney, newspaperman, and newspaper editor, and a published author of science fiction. Once a Houyhnhnm, he was expelled from the august ranks of purely rational beings when he fell in love; but retains an honorary title.
