Last week I wrote about fall, and I still have this beautiful season on the brain--especially the smells of fall or autumn, or whatever you like to call it.
As I wrote about before, smell can be one of the hardest things to describe in our writing. It can help to use a simile--a comparison with "like" or "as."
For example.
- The squash soup smelled like a sunny day at the end of October.
- The crisp air smelled like a newly ironed shirt.
Try using a simile to describe the smell, scent, aroma, or odor of the following things:
- Dog breath
- The inside of your refrigerator
- A banana peel on the sidewalk
- An old pizza box
- Your cat's fur
- Chocolate chip cookies just out of the oven
- A baby's hair
- A rubber band found in the back of a drawer
- A bag of Halloween candy
Smell adds texture to our stories. Similes add new layers of meaning. Combine the two, and you'll give your readers a double dose of reading pleasure--no matter what the season.
