Writing Prompts

2. Sensory prompts

taken from a post by heir-to-the-diamond-throne on tumblr - 64 sensory prompts

-Watching a meteor shower
-Digging your fingers into fresh dirt
-Snow being shoved down the back of your coat
-Napping in sunshine
-Trying to walk on ice
-Walking through the woods
-Raindrops on eyelashes
-The way cold glass fogs when you press your hand against it
-A perfectly brewed cup of tea
-The taste of Vodka at the back of your throat
-Blood at the corner of your mouth
-Cloying sweetness on the back of your tongue
-The first glass of fresh water
-Stale breath when you wake up
-The taste of salt on the tip of your tongue
-The taste of almonds
-Your bed after travelling
-Red wine stained lips
-Satin in candlelight
-Reflections in glass
-Thigh-high stockings and garter belts
-Neon lights at 1.30am
-Darting shadows in the corner of your eye
-Dust floating in golden sunlight
-The smell of ozone during a storm
-The smell of Cologne/Perfume on warm skin
-The musty smell of an abandoned home
-The bitter tang of acetone
-The smell of burning wood
-The smell of freshly baked bread
-The cold, sharp smell of the first frost
-The smell of blood
-The feel of fingertips trailing over a bare shoulder blade
-The feel of fingers brushing together by accident
-Blowing a raspberry against someone's skin
-Being so close that you can feel your lips brush when you whisper
-The tender ache when you press against bruises
-A person's weight as they lie on top of you
-Stepping in something squishy
-Gritty eyes when you stare into fire too long
-A door closing
-A ticking wristwatch
-Your favourite song on repeat for the hundredth time
-Distant traffic
-The creak of leather
-The waver in a person's voice when they're stressed
-Singing badly as loud as you can
-A quiet sigh as they turn away
-Trying to pull on clothes with damp skin
-The empty space that can't be breached between you in bed
-The jittery, sick feeling when you can't do anything
-Exhausted numbness after crying
-The relief of fatalistic recklessness
-The moment when reality starts to make sense again
-Finding old photographs you'd forgotten about
-Someone accepting the bad parts of you without judging
-Brown iodine stains on skin
-Rust red dirt
-Orange sunsets
-Yellow halogen lights
-Green wine bottles
-Fingertips smudged in blue ink
-Indigo skies just before dawn
-Violet bruised eyes

(had to put this one here bc i really like these prompts :) i saw them a while ago on tumblr and i was like Yes..... this is good)