That way people's expectations are spelled out, especially since there's no one set of expectations

I really like the letter you linked to, it gave me a much better idea of the sort of things I would want - I think that really is an ideal compromise between reader and writer. The middle really is a good place in this sense, after reading all the information I've been sent (Thank you all! Honestly!) I have a much better idea of the whole thing than I did before and while I can say I would still be unwilling to give up full control (my opinion, of course) I think it would be fair to give more than I had previously envisioned.

Thanks for opening my brain up a bit to the ideas - a lot of this I hadn't really taken into perspective and it makes a big difference to know how my works would theoretically be approached by a reader.

I'm honestly not really sure what I was getting at in that last line. Hah. Perhaps I need to go through and read more than once before I post. ;) But honestly, thank you again for giving me a much better idea of who it all works. I appreciate taking the time to educate a noob like me. ;)