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Sensory Saturday #3 --"Heat"

4/20/2013

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If you're interested in writing, please take a stab at writing your own sensory-rich passage.

The sun beat down on her. She could see it even through her closed eyes. Her eyelids turned it from a blinding light to a bright orange-red glow.

A bead of sweat broke loose and stole down her neck to gather with its brethren in the hollow of her throat. A voice penetrated the barrier of her headphones and the sounds of The Boss. She reached lazily up and slipped the headphones from her ears, leaving them to loop around her neck.

"Hmm?"

"It's time to go!"

With her headphones off, she could hear the splash of water and the delighted screams of children. She was no longer alone, lost in the sounds and the heat and the imagined solitude. She opened her eyes, squinted against the glare of the sun, and reached out for her sunglasses. She slipped them on and did not turn to her companions until her eyes were shielded.

Her lips curved up in a well-rehearsed smile. "Yes. Okay."

The heat clung to her skin as she made her way from the sandy beach back to reality.
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Mary Janet
4/23/2013 12:23:22 pm

Wow! Do you have an entire story to go with that excerpt? It sounds like something I could get into. It was really easy to put myself in her shoes. I like that.

I'm glad I found this blog. I have been following some of your other activity and am finally commenting. Now I'm hooked! Keep on keepin' on!

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J.R. McGinnity
4/23/2013 01:25:53 pm

I'm glad you found "Heat" engaging. Currently it is a stand-alone piece meant to demonstrate how sensory images can enhance a scene that has little action otherwise. If you would like to springboard your own passage off of the character in "Heat," I would love to see what you come up with.

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