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Guidelines: Think about all the little, seemingly insignificant things that you've stumbled upon in life: the smell of burgers on the grill mixed with tanning oil on a hot summer's day at the lake, the strange man who sat on the corner bench at the park every day at ten, the way his hat sat on top of his head and kept blowing away-yet he'd always wear it that way. Or what about that red lampshade your piano teacher had, or the way the train's whistle echoed through your childhood bedroom. Why does our brain store all this information? And shouldn't we, as writers, do something with it?

Here's the assignment:

PART ONE: Start to brainstorm about sensory perceptions-what can be perceived through our five senses: sight, smell, taste, touch, and sound. In this informal impromptu, briefly write down one seemingly insignificant memory for each of the five senses that you can recall from any point in your life. You will end of with five different memories, one for each sense. Remember to connect the sense to the memory. For example, Sight: The sight of a red balloon makes me think of my fifth birthday party that my two older sisters gave me. Yes, Part I is really this simple.

SIGHT:

SMELL:

TASTE:

TOUCH:

SOUND:

PART TWO: Below the brainstorming list you created, choose one of these memories to write about in detail. Describe as much as you can in 250-500 words. Be sure to use vivid word choice and sensory details to help your audience imagine your perspective and place themselves right in the middle of your memory. In other words, tell us the story in a way that we can imagine your experience as if we were there.