by Godleydemon » Mon May 27, 2019 4:40 pm
Honestly, it depends on the reader. If you "just want to get your rocks off" I imagine that kind of person really doesn't give a damn how you get there in the end. On the other hand though, I personally enjoy a well written thought out story. Something that makes sense. I can't tell you the amount of recent stories I've read where a negative transformation happens to someone, for really, absolutely no reason besides they wanted to write a transformation for that character.
I CRAVE justification for things like this. I don't need to know every single detail about how a specific magic or technology works, but I do want to know it's limits or what types of things it can do. In my recent story I've been writing, I recently imposed a limit to the nano machines in it. Just so I can limit the amount they can actually do in the narrative by restricting their abilities. I also added in some fundamental weaknesses that takes the main character off guard and proves, "your not all that".
In a narrative standpoint, it really depends on what audiences your writing for. I prefer more detail, other don't care about the detail and just want to get to the good stuff. I've coached writers for process related transformation before in the past, I've always stressed detail in writing. To many authors just skip to the good stuff, and don't do any build ups or even a modicum of world building. You don't have to do alot, just put in a little effort to expand your story enough that it actually builds up to the good stuff, making it better.