I hate when people ask what a book is about. People who read for plot, people who suck out the story like the cream filling in an Oreo, should stick to comic strips and soap operas... . Every book worth a damn is about emotions and love and death and pain. It's about words. It's about a man dealing with life. Okay? J.R. Moehringer
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The quote above by the well-known author, William Styron, speaks to the idea that books should be about more than just plot and characters and writing style. A book should be about the real-life dilemmas people face every day. The characters in a book are not imaginary, they are real people who are actual for the author. Books should also be about love and death and pain.

They are about emotions. A writer is not trying to make up stories, he or she is trying to give readers what they want through the written word.

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