The descriptive paragraph and subsequent essay are usually among the first assignments students must complete in composition classes. Typically, students are told to describe their childhood home, a person of importance, a special object, or a summer vacation. Most students, especially learners of English as a foreign language (EFL), have difficulty beginning the assignment. After experiencing this firsthand teaching an intermediate-level English class to first-year university students in Namibia, Katherine Carter found that visualization based on the five senses--what we touch, see, smell, hear, and taste--can be used as a technique to get ideas down on paper. This technique could be useful for teachers in a variety of EFL teaching contexts, from primary school to university, and can be used with a wide range of texts that are particularly vivid and that stimulate the senses. This article provides a step-by-step description of the technique.