sensory writing

I've got the emotional foundation of a story unfolding in my head, and I simply haven't had the chance to sit down and work uninterrupted on it. For the little I have worked on it, though, I'm feeling optimistic. It's very different from my last book, but I'm having the same thing happening, writingwise--each time I start writing, things come out I hadn't been aware of, but apparently were there all along, just waiting to be written. The characters are imaginary, as are their struggles, but my base for starting is a couple of location-centered experiences that were very concentrated and very sensory for me. So I'm trying to really focus on this, and doing what I can to write as much sensory detail as possible that ISN'T visual. Not that there's anything wrong with visual, but there ARE at least five senses.

Tomorrow I go to a SCBWI conference in Munich--hurray! I just wish my laptop battery lasted more than 3 seconds. I can't handwrite very fast anymore, and with all that time in the train ALL ON MY QUIET OWN, it would be LOVELY to get some writing done. Sigh. I'll at least bring plenty of old-fashioned handwriting materials.