Shared assumptions

When we read we have some expectations. They vary according to the text we are reading. However, these expectations become crucial when we are reading a story. 

How can we understand a story fully? By following its structure and understanding its message.

In order to do that we need to share some assumptions with the author. We may be unaware of them but if our predictions on the end of the story are validated by the very end, it means exactly that: sharing assumptions with the author.

Sharing assumptions makes reading easier and more enjoyable and makes us willing to read more, to 'get to the end of the story'.