Also, let the reader know of the characters' emotional attachments to whatever is going on around them. Emotion is the connection to everything, whether it's bad or good. It's what makes a reader identify and remember. The process of that will teach you a lot. Also, read everything you can about writing there are many how-to books that explain plotting, characterization, and so on.
Writing is a habit, like exercise.
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