I find, as I'm writing, to make even the fantastic feel real can be difficult sometimes. Sure, magic is flying all over the place, but the people involved still have to move, speak and interact like any other person in the world. Here are some rules I like to follow.
1) Make the unreal seem natural. Don't bring undue attention, from either your character or from the writer's point of view, into the situation. These characters see fireballs thrown all the time, so don't make a huge deal about the fact, (unless the character hasn't ever seen one...). Act as if it's just part of everyday life, which it probably is in a fantasy world.
2) Describe magic, weapons and other fantasy items as if you were describing everything else. Magic and weapons all have colors, shapes, the way they move. Make that how you describe something, but don't hang on how magical everything is.
3) Ignore the common. In my High King's Sword books the characters acknowledge the fact there are "light stones", but only in the capacity that they are lighting the area the characters are in like a lamp or torch might. Yet, light stones are magical and wouldn't happen in real life...though glow sticks are probably darned close.
Happy writing.
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