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<p><span>How does a room sound? Does your childhood have a taste? What is the smell of summer? </span></p><p><span>In this episode, we dive into the sensory layers that anchor worldbuilding, character, and perspective. We explore how invoking smell, sound, touch, and taste can transport readers more powerfully than sight alone. What makes a setting feel real and lived in on the page? How do the </span><em>where</em><span> and the </span><em>when</em><span> hit our reader's and character's senses— and how real is too real?</span></p><p><strong>Thing of the Week: </strong><a href="https://www.darkfield.org/" rel="nofollow">Darkfield</a><strong> </strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Homework:</strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.clpolk.com/how-to-brainstorm-scene-location-details-from-a-panic-stopping-technique/" rel="nofollow">5, 4, 3, 2, 1 exercise from C. L. Polk</a><span>: list five things your character can see, 4 things they can hear, 3 things they can touch, 2 things th...