Question

creating atmosphere: please help me start this off?

Create a first-person narrator (the main character tells the story using "I") and imagine a vivid scene for him or her.
Imagine all of the senses involved in your scene---sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch.
Use your narrator's reaction to the atmosphere to help your reader experience it.
Write vivid descriptions using strong nouns and verbs as well as adjectives.
A well-chosen metaphor, simile, allusion, or personification can capture the feeling of a place.
Sometimes describing what isn't visible is the best way to create atmo