INTERPRETATION

Writing is about expressing ideas, yourself, others, a world (which isn't necessarily the same thing as reality), feelings, and more. An artist uses pictures, a writer uses words.

And yet, the interpretation of the words is completely left up to the reader. The writer has vocabulary and pacing and various other tools to convey what they mean, however the reader views the words through their own experiences and biases.

Then again, the writer may very blatantly leave it up to the reader to follow through on some aspect of the story, or the very ending of the story itself. Was it the lady or the tiger?

And yet, even when what is written is clear to the author's mind (one hopes), it is possible for the reader to have an entirely different interpretation. Such is the burden of our calling, to try and create as best we can with the expressions at hand. And know that some where, out there, some one will see it differently.

Then again, if they are really at odds with your creation, they will take it upon themselves to write it correctly, and you, too, will be the inspiration for fan fiction.