For a storyteller, an open ending leaves much room for imagination; for the inquisitive reader, however, it is a source of great anxiety.

Joyce Rachelle
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The writer's world in a novel or play is a complete world. It has a beginning, a middle and an end, a history and a climax. The reader knows all this from the beginning, but when he reads till the end, he imagines the story differently. If he gets satisfied with the end, he may not want to read any further. So, many writers leave it open for the readers to imagine the end in their own ways.

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