"What's in a name?
That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet."
- William Shakespeare
For today, get ready to become nosy. This writing proposal is about object writing. It's direct and straightforward. Pick a random object and recall memories and associations you hold towards it. What scent does the object invoke in you? What feelings? Use different metaphors, adjectives to do this exercise.
Book - as an object, for example:
It's the scent of history, of collected words to drive knowledge. It's the smell of rainy days and warm nights as I'm reading my favorite novel...
Senses are very important as they are carriers of information we use to perceive our environment. Use them frequently in your writing.
Be glad your nose is on your face,
not pasted on some other place,
for if it were where it is not,
you might dislike your nose a lot.
Imagine if your precious nose
were sandwiched in between your toes,
that clearly would not be a treat,
for you’d be forced to smell your feet.
Your nose would be a source of dread
were it attached atop your head,
it soon would drive you to despair,
forever tickled by your hair.
Within your ear, your nose would be
an absolute catastrophe,
for when you were obliged to sneeze,
your brain would rattle from the breeze.
Your nose, instead, through thick and thin,
remains between your eyes and chin,
not pasted on some other place—
be glad your nose is on your face!
Jack Prelutsky