Author offers 6 tips to make writing more interesting
What many people do, she says, is compile data. They get down the basic dates, but most of the narrative is "he was born and then he did this, then he did that, then he did this. We call those 'pedigree chart' stories." Ref. Source 3
This is very helpful and should be recommended to anyone who wants to write, whether it be for an rpg, or a novel. I haven't been on this site enough yet to see if it happens here, but on other role-playing sites, the characters don't have life. They are basically puppets that can walk and talk, but don't seem to be alive. The things that they usually leave out are what the character sees, smells, etc. And what he/she feels about a certain situation.