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"Moral Dilemmas"



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Sun Sep 13, 2009 8:17 pm
Lorrilrakest. says...



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?
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Sun Sep 13, 2009 11:52 pm
Rosendorn says...



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.

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