Exceptions to the above

Exceptions
One thing to keep in mind is the exception makes the rule and there is always room to step outside of "proper" writing methods.  Some tellings just need something different and that difference is part of the impact.  Just be aware there is a HUGE difference between a long-considered and well-written idea that breaks convention and a poorly planned, lazy effort.  The best metric to decide which is which involves your own response to what you have written: if you read it and only find it mildly interesting, your readers will probably find it boring.  You should always have a great amount of interest in what you've written, anything less means you should revisit the effort to strengthen what it offers.

Here's a basic example of what I find engaging, though it doesn't include very much action and contains no dialogue or conflict:

Jake closed his eyes and crossed his arms, enjoying the gentle sway of the car.  His friends hated his old Mockingbird, but he couldn't bring himself to get rid of it.  The new cars were so stable and rigid on takeoff, but not really any safer.  The 'Bird's thrusters were old school, with built in overcompensation that made the car sway ever so little as it took to the air.  Like getting rocked to sleep in your mother's arms, he often thought.  And made it so much easier to get in those great naps as it flew you to your destination.

Too short for a good post, but I think it provides a nice emotional connection with our days as a babe.  Very personal to me, as it reminds me of how the S-curves on the mountains would put me to sleep when my father would drive us back across the mountains from a weekend at the cabin.  As a result, I think you can make something more static, but it must impact the reader. 

Wired magazine has an excellent series of contests called Found: Artifacts that provide visual views of the future.  The ones I remember most are just normal situations with strange text in them.  Love the images where the clue is in the ingredients or price tag or, my favorite for some reason, in an advertisement.  Always seems more impactful than a fancy scene full of neon and flying ships.  Such a written scene might read like this:

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