To make your stories more interesting, you must find ways to blend the
description into the story. Descriptions that just sit there are generally
known as "narrative lumps . " Like lumps on proverbial logs, they sit there
and do little to your story. Send those lumps to the gym and make them work out.
They can set the scene, move the plot, set the mood, foreshadow events,
give us a sense of character, whatever they have to do to get the ball (or log) rolling.