Keen Sense

Someone once said the keen senses would direct you to the right path of writing. Description is the key in all writing

First, I have to confess. There is no such person who said so, there might be someone there actually said so but there wasn't actually someone who told me so. For some reason, it seems easier to have my point across by referencing to authority. Erik and professor Yang both noticed that horrible characteristic I have. It could be a sign of my insufficient confidence. Erik once told me, if it is a good idea, none cares whether Foucault felt the same about it. I need to have more confidence in myself and be more bold!

Anyways, back to our original topic-keen senses. Too much details could be a downer for writing , however, with moderate usage it could be amazing. Take Eileen Chang for example, she never failed to surprised her readers with the enormous amount of detailed description to the environment characters were in. Somehow when I close my eyes, I can travel back in time and be there in the story.

I do believe I have keen senses although it doesn't mean that I can produce great description. I can hear the most irrelevant insignificant sound in daily life. For instance, I love to hear that tiny sounds of how electricity travel through the wires, it's like the mixture of sizzling hot iron plate and the rattle snakes.

What can you hear?