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We are a discussion-based writing community. Every member should feel free to post about anything they want to discuss or want to ask for advice about. Though this is not a place to post your fic, anything related to writing is absolutely welcome! Our regular features include:
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Date: 2014-08-30 06:58 pm (UTC)Moral judgements are what make a story. Even things like "liars get caught" or "murdering your king will damage your mind" are moral judgements, but no one is calling out Macbeth for being political. (Even though they should, but that's another history lesson.)
I think the main problem with preach fiction is.... it tends to come off like the author doesn't care about the characters. They're just there to make a point rather than be people. And that's bad writing whether or not you agree with the point.
It's a point made in science circles, especially the social sciences - /nothing exists outside of bias/. We cannot separate ourselves from our perspective. We simply do not have access to objective reality, much less how we interpret that reality. (One person's goddess figure is another person's pornography.) All you can do is acknowledge the bias, and acknowledge that everyone else has their own justifiable views as well.