For a narrative, add detail, description. Mrs. John in our English writing lab showed the difference between ho-hmmm and Wow! writing --
The cat sat on the wall.
or
An orange and gold striped cat, who looked like an overripe thistle pod, placidly surveyed the garden from his comfortable spot atop the sun-warmed rock wall.
Mark Twain once said that the difference between the almost right word and the right word was the same as the difference between a lightning bug and lightning!
