Make Your Writing Real

One of the reasons that people become immersed in a story is because the writer has made the character, their actions, and everything else real. Writers achieve reality in their stories when they make good, and continuous use of all the sense. If your character is holding something, a book for instance, how does that object feel in their hands? As a writer you need to know the answer to this question to make it more easily imagined by your reader.

Touch, Taste and Smell

You should make good use of each of these senses when you are writing. The reader wants to taste what your character is eating, feel the caress of their hands on a loved one, and smell the smoke that threatens fire. You, the writer, may know what your character is feeling, and what their food tastes like, but your readers won't unless you take the time to add these extra details in your writing.

If it's a rainy day, don't just say it is raining, let your character reveal how wet they got by taking off a jacket and shaking it, towel drying their hair, the feel of their nose running and the drips on the carpet. Let your readers experience that soaking and you will have them hooked.