Not sure if you up to this task, but I would advise you to read this excellent story by Hemingway and see how he incorporates the internal dynamics of characters with the external dynamics of the narrative. How each of his characters is perceived by a reader as an absolutely alive person and, at the same time, how the overall short story comes across with a heavy emotional content and philosophical meaning.
The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber
https://theteacherscrate.files.wordpress.com/2014/03/the-complete-short-stories-of-ernest-hemingway-ernest-hemingway.pdf