Well, starting is always hard, but, whatever the scenario, I always tell myself to search for everything I could describe in the given situation, in depth; The characters, the emotions they have, what they are wearing, how they stand, and body language, which would lead to suggesting emotions, (shifting from foot to foot suggests nervousness, you then move on to why they are nervous, then the setting, and current affairs)
See where I'm coming from?
The key to long posts is description; describe everything you can! Why make tears just drop onto the balcony?
'Her tears glistened, reflecting the light of the setting sun as they plummeted from her cheeks, splattering onto the balcony like blood up the walls of the district'
Blood up the walls is current affairs, and setting, so it all ties together, all around the character!
See how it flows?
It's so easy for me, as once the idea comes, it all comes to me, and I can just do it.
I don't know if it comes so easily for others, but this is what I'm trying to get going.
Get it so far?))
Janelle shot Jacob a look, and he shrugged, scowling, "What?" he demanded fiercely, "She doesn't understand, Janelle. She's young and stupid, she sees things in one way"
"So do you" she retorted, walking into the kitchen, and Jacob sighed.
Cleo sniffed and turned to face Rico, forcing a small smile onto her face, and she rubbed the tears off her cheeks, and nodded as she turned away again, "I'm fine, I...I just got ticked off with him. We do it all the time..." again, she was ashamed that all Rico was seeing was the brutal, freakish side of her country, other than all the beauty it possessed. She looked at her shoes, and sighed again, shrugging, "I suppose I could try to see it through his eyes...". Cleo's dad had also been in the military, and duty was all that mattered to him anymore.