every work of fiction has some moral standpoint no matter how well or poorly expressed
Yes, I believe that also. I like it when writers are honest about the fact that they're partisan. There is no such thing as absolute morality.
I hate it when writers start a work of fiction deliberately intending to preach on an ethical/political/religious subject. That makes for really bad writing as the conclusion is already fixed. It's the opposite of honest writing which allows the characters to come to their own endings. Having to kowtow to a plot line too tightly either warps the characters, or makes them two-dimensional to start with.
Writers who do it well: Ursula K Le Guin in nearly everything. Writers who did it badly: Jack Vance in "The Gray Prince".
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Yes, I believe that also. I like it when writers are honest about the fact that they're partisan. There is no such thing as absolute morality.
I hate it when writers start a work of fiction deliberately intending to preach on an ethical/political/religious subject. That makes for really bad writing as the conclusion is already fixed. It's the opposite of honest writing which allows the characters to come to their own endings. Having to kowtow to a plot line too tightly either warps the characters, or makes them two-dimensional to start with.
Writers who do it well: Ursula K Le Guin in nearly everything.
Writers who did it badly: Jack Vance in "The Gray Prince".