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• Purpose:
  • Deliver a compelling story about the human experience.
  • Engage the reader emotionally, imaginatively, and intellectually.
  • Provide enjoyment, meaning, insight, or escape for the reader.
• Inputs:
  • Book: story elements such as characters, setting, plot, language, structure, and medium.
  • Reader: time, attention, willingness to engage, imagination, and basic literacy in the book’s language and genre.
• Outputs:
  • A completed reading experience.
  • Emotional, imaginative, or intellectual responses in the reader (e.g., enjoyment, insight, reflection).
• Success criteria:
  • Reader finds the book engaging and worth their time.
  • Reader finishes the book or meaningfully engages with it.
  • Reader feels rewarded (entertained, moved, enlightened, or satisfied).
  • Reader is willing to recommend the book or read similar books.
• Exceptions:
  • Reader abandons the book due to boredom, confusion, or mismatch of expectations.
  • Book content is poorly written, incoherent, or misleading relative to genre signals.
  • Reader expectations do not align with the book’s style, pacing, or themes.