For some, story-telling is an innate ability. The rest of us can attain creative writing skills with practice. Start with daily short writing prompts. Choose a picture that evokes an emotional response, a famous quote, or search online for story prompts. Set a timer for ten minutes -- and just write. Don't edit yourself, don't think too hard about what you write, just allow your thoughts to flow from mind to paper. You can do this exercise at home, work, or for new inspiration visit a park or a mall and write about what you see. Save everything, one day of writing may inspire a future story.
Think about the stories you've enjoyed the most. Do they pull you into the action, or just relay the facts? Facts are important for non-fiction writing, but for creative writing, take your readers on a journey. Invite them into the story's setting, let them use their multiple senses. In other words, show, don't tell. Writers accomplish this using descriptive language, but also by using dialogue. Readers will understand and relate to your characters better if you give each character a distinct voice and personality.
Writing in descriptive language comes not only from the adjectives and adverbs used, but from all parts of a sentence. Use strong, specific action verbs to drive the action forward, rather than passive verbs like "is" and "was." Choose all your words carefully, in order to provide the most clear and powerful version of each part of your story. For example, "surprised," "staggered" and "amazed" are all synonyms, but each have their own specific definitions, and can alter the subtext of a story, depending on which one you choose. In addition, you can emotionally affect readers by your choice of descriptive words, which pulls your readers into the story.
Authors use one of three types of point-of-view in literature. In first person point-of-view, the narrator speaks directly to the reader, relaying the action of the story through the pronoun "I." The first person narrator may be closely involved in the plot, but they are subjective, and not privy to all information up front. First person is used in detective and action stories a great deal. In second person narration, the narrator uses the pronoun "you," putting the reader in the middle of the action -- as in the "Choose Your Own Adventure" books. This point-of-view is not used often because it is hard to maintain. Third person narrative is most common, where the narrator tells a story with the pronouns "he," "she" or "they." The narrator can be as objective as you require, and as omniscient as you choose.