Pull in the reader

A good visual description can allow the reader to begin imagining a scene, but so can a picture.

Sounds can really pull the reader into the scene, as they surround us. We can hear not only what's in front of us, but what's all around us.

 

Ordinary, everyday sounds that would be present in a scene can craft the sense of being in the middle of the action.

• "Good writers will evoke the unique sense of place by inserting ordinary sounds, such as the clink of glasses, the tinkle of happy banter, the drip of a faucet in an abandoned building, the screech of tires from a car racing away from the scene of a crime.” -C. S. Lakin