"Moral Dilemmas"

I want my story to have a really good, head-turning moral dilemma.

I know Jodi Picoult has some good stuff to read up on - but that's kind of the motherly stuff and romance slush fests.

I know, as a writer, I should come up with it on my own - but i mean, it's hard to come up with something that doesn't brand me as sick, as some of my friends call me when i think up them, or something that isn't gritty enough. :/

Any suggestions that i can build on?

Firstly, we are writers. Our non-writer friends telling us we're messed up is an occupational hazard.

And, when dealing with a moral in any story, you have to be careful you don't bash readers over the head with said moral. You're writing a story here, remember. You are not writing a non-fiction book about this moral. You probably want to take a look at this article, written by one of the mods on here. It's about dealing with messages in fiction.

Pm me if you have any questions.

~Rosey