Choose sensory details that influence action

Pick details your viewpoint character would notice for a reason. Give one detail a role in movement, attention, or decision-making.

Try it

A loose blind tapping against the window makes a quiet footstep harder to hear. Remove extra texture if it distracts from that consequence.

References

• Fiction writing basics · CUNY OpenLab

• Orient readers after a jump in time or place
• Keep movement readable in an action scene