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Working on a case with a pro-life message

Posted by K.G. Adams on May 25, 2016 at 1:53am in STORYTELLING WRITING

I had this idea for a case about a woman accused of murdering her husband after he coerced her into having an abortion, which left her hospitalized for nine months. The case's message would be about how we have devalued human life, both of women and the unborn. How do I keep this from being too preachy?

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  • K.G. Adams May 31, 2016 at 4:11pm

    Sorry it took me so long to get back to you. I've been having serious computer problems. Anyway, you have great ideas, but the problem is the case takes place AFTER the woman has already had the abortion, which left her hospitalized for nine months.

    David Larson said:

    The best way to keep something from being preachy is to raise questions, rather than give answers. I once read a dystopian fiction book about abortion (forgot the title) but I didn't really like it because it kept hammering the same points over and over again. Perhaps you could structure the plot in such a way where the story ends right before the woman makes her decision. Sort of like the book of Jonah, where we are left with a question that God asks about the city of Nineveh; without knowing what Jonah thought about God's response. 

    Working on a case with a pro-life message
    I had this idea for a case about a woman accused of murdering her husband after he coerced her into having an abortion, which left her hospitalized f…
  • David Larson May 27, 2016 at 2:42am

    The best way to keep something from being preachy is to raise questions, rather than give answers. I once read a dystopian fiction book about abortion (forgot the title) but I didn't really like it because it kept hammering the same points over and over again. Perhaps you could structure the plot in such a way where the story ends right before the woman makes her decision. Sort of like the book of Jonah, where we are left with a question that God asks about the city of Nineveh; without knowing what Jonah thought about God's response. 

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