The Writer’s Playground Series – The Memory Palace of Scent

The Memory Palace of Scent

Objective: To tap into the powerful connection between scent and memory to generate emotionally resonant prose.

How to Play:

The facilitator brings several small, opaque con-tainers, each holding a distinct scent (e.g., coffee grounds, cinnamon, fresh-cut grass, soap, old books).
Each writer chooses a container at random, opens it, and takes a moment to inhale the scent.
They then have 15 minutes to write about a memory—real or entirely fictional—that the scent evokes. They should focus on capturing the specific feelings and details of the memory triggered by the smell.

Best for: Generating evocative details, emotional depth, and backstory.

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