We're always looking for ways to use the five senses in our stories, right?
Taste can be one of the hardest senses to include. We tend to overlook taste in favor of sight, smell, sound, and touch.
Here are some of my favorite fall foods. What are yours?
- pumpkin pie
- cranberry sauce
- squash
- maple muffins
- Halloween candy (Do you have any left?)
Choose one of your favorite fall foods and describe the taste. Is it spicy? Sweet? Sour? What about the texture? Is it smooth? Chunky?
Here's my description of baked squash with brown sugar and butter:
The bite of squash melted in my mouth. It was as smooth as the butter it swam in. The brown sugar felt wonderfully sweet and gritty against my teeth. The squash tasted like Thanksgiving and Christmas rolled up in one.
And that's just about enough. We never want description or our five senses to slow down our story--just a bit to give our readers a burst of flavor.
Now back to that Halloween candy….
