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@Captain You can moralize, and do it very well, in any kind of work. But it requires the "show, not tell" and "less is more" approaches. It become unreadable dreck if you lay it onn way too thick, which seems to be what these people want.

I felt inspired by local events, and a series of poor life choices California Man made on Monday. They're their own worst enemy.

Which is why they fail to do what a story is supposed to do - bypass your defenses and persuade you. If they lay it on so thick people automatically reject it, it's useless for anything beyond thumping your chest and saying how virtuous you are. It's not rape. It's either a rough masochistic...

But, if you are at that point, you've already failed. The point of the old fashioned social issue novel, like Uncle Tom's Cabin, is to seduce, not bludgeon.

First and foremost, it has to be enjoyable. If it teaches, fine. If it doesn't teach, fine. What is not fine is something that gets tossed, put down, closed, turned off or tuned out. Frankly, if the story/movie/whatever is a turgid slog, not only is your message not communicated to the...