The alley isn’t just a setting; the dumpster, pallets, and walls act as cover and obstacles. Auditory Description: Using terms like pings, roars, deafening, helps the reader feel the scene. Visual Pacing:
steps out from a stairwell.
John hits the pavement. Bullets RIP into the pavement around him—chunks of concrete spray his face.
Now, go write that shootout. And make sure we feel every ricochet.
How does the silence break? Is it a reckless trigger pull? A sniper shot? A car backfire mistaken for a gun? The first shot determines the flavor of the entire sequence.