Hold your nose when something stinks! Inhale deeply of a scent that is pleasing. Smell is one of the sensory details we should include in our writing. It's something your readers can relate to--both the good aromas and the nasty ones.
Try writing a paragraph or few sentences using some, or all, of the items listed below. They're meant to trigger your memory. Some might bring back a full story while others may be only a shred of a memory for you, or perhaps none at all. Show the smell rather than tell if you can.
1. the food you hate the most
2. hot apple pie
3. a fresh cut Christmas tree
4. an outhouse
5.newly made popcorn
6. school paste
7. ink
8. roses
9. bubble gum
10. a baby's diaper
11. a turkey roasting
12. burning leaves
13. cooked cabbage
14. bleach
15. gasoline
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