I suppose I confused you huh? To be quite honest, I confused myself with that post. Sorry.
Okay, let's see if I can't get this right now, shall we?
When I talk transitional, I mean the parts that lead up to the parts of the story that ends with the climax. To be precise, the parts that you read that tells the reader what is around them, the time, the area around the character, ect.
It's clinical. It reads like a monotone to me. I'm not sure about the others, but I have this habit of wanting to see emotion.
I suppose I should explain what emotion means to me when it comes to a story. Emotion to me is the detail work and the way it's written. I've read many, many, many stories, thousands in fact, but only really read a few great stories in my life time. The difference between the great stories and the good stories, is the way the writer describes something.
Let's see. Take this part:
I can see it, but I can't feel it, like I can feel the rest of the story. This is a transitional scene. You are taking your character from one part to another. Add a bit more meat otherwise it sounds like the character is bored and not scared that something might just jump out and rip his head off. It's like it's a skeleton or something I would write out in an outline.
The entire paragraph leaves me with questions like 'How dark or dim is it?', 'What does the chair look like?', 'Are there tables or trash on the floor?', ect.
I'm not saying overload it with details, just add a bit more detail. Just my thoughts.
I hope that you really don't feel insulted or anything. I don't want to insult you or make you mad.