Sensation
- Sensation
In psychology, sensation is the first stage in the biochemical and neurologic events that begins with the impinging of a stimulus upon the receptor cells of a sensory organ, which then leads to perception, the mental state that is reflected in statements like "I see a uniformly blue wall." In other words, sensations are the first stages in the functioning of senses.
ensation as a fiction-writing mode
Sensation is the fiction-writing mode for portraying a character's perception of the senses. According to Ron Rozelle, “. . .the success of your story or novel will depend on many things, but the most crucial is your ability to bring your reader into it. And that reader will be most completely in when you deliver the actual sensations of the many things that comprise your story” Harvard citation | Rozelle | 2005 | p =76 . As stated by Jessica Page Morrell, “You breathe life into fiction by translating the senses onto the page, producing stories rooted in the physical world . . . that creates a tapestry, a galaxy of interwoven sensory ingredients.” Harvard citation | Morrell | 2006 | p = 172
Also according to Rozelle, “The sensation of what something feels like is used to describe everything from sensual pleasure to pain and torture. It’s a wide range, and your readers have actually experienced only some of those feelings. So your job is to either make them recall exactly what it feels like when something occurs in your story or, if they haven’t experienced it, what it would feel like if they did” Harvard citation | Rozelle | 2005 | p = 86. Morrell describes a “sensory surround,” which when “coupled with drama tugs the reader into [the] story and forces him to keep reading.” Harvard citation | Morrell | 2006 | p = 173
The importance of conveying sensation in fiction is widely accepted. However, recognition of sensation as a distinct fiction-writing mode is a matter of discussion. [http://www.helium.com/tm/773895/sensation-fiction-writing-portraying]
References
*cite book
title = Between the Lines: Master the Subtle Elements of Fiction Writing
first = Jessica Page
last = Morrell
publisher = Writer's Digest Books
location = Cincinnati, OH
year = 2006
p = 127
id = ISBN 978-1-58297-393-7
* cite book
title = Write Great Fiction: Description & Setting
first = Ron
last = Rozelle
publisher = Writer's Digest Books
location = Cincinnati, OH
year = 2005
id = ISBN 1-58297-327-X
ee also
*Fiction-writing modes
*Rhetorical modes
*Style (fiction)
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