Tricks of the Trade

Describe all externals in your story—settings, objects, otherpeople, etc.—through the eyes of a character instead of through the"neutral" eyes of the narrator. 
This technique accomplishes threethings:
1)     It keeps the narrator out of the picture. (The writer's goal is tostay invisible.) 2)     It's a time-saver: Readers get necessary descriptions of thecharacter's surroundings while learning about the character. This moves thestory along faster.3)     It's a handy way to weave in back-story unobtrusively, withoutresorting to longer flashbacks that can break up the "now-ness" of the story.