I'm curious what the community's view is on what makes for a good level of detail. One thing I struggle with when script-writing is what level of not-essential-but-scenario-enriching details to add; how much to specify - about character, setting, scenario etc - beyond what's strictly necessary.

On the one hand, more specific audios tend to be more... realistic, I guess? You can get more of a sense of character, and it can make scenarios more relevant/enjoyable. For instance, if the idea is for the speaker to be comforting the listener after a really lousy day, you could choose to leave it vague, or you could say it they had a lousy day at work; you could go further into how their boss is difficult in such-and-such a way, or they're stressed about a project, or whatever. If the listener is either a) just there for an immersive story, or b) interested in the specific situation you're describing, then this is really great.

On the other hand, the more specific, the harder it might be for a listener to connect. In the example above, if you make it explicitly about a bad day at work, people who are really into an audio like that but whose bad day was at school have to work a little harder on the suspension of disbelief. Or if you mention body type or hair color or whatever in an audio for which that doesn't actually matter, you again risk limiting your audience.

So: as a performer, what level of specificity do you like in a script? As a listener, what do you prefer to hear?