Pro-Life Writers

Hi! This is the new thread on the new site.

Moderator Note: Please note that this is not a debate thread. This is a writing group for Pro-Lifewriters. If you should see any attempts to stir a debate in this thread, please report them to the moderators.

Hello!

Wow. Can't say I'm a fan of the look of the new forums. The rest of the site's pretty awesome, but this is...not my favorite ever.

"Pro-Life Writers"? Oh, yes. This is me. =) Hello!

Represent!! :) Hello all!

Hey there! :D Count me in.

Hey guys! *hugs thread* I like everybody on here. Like, even more than I already did. I love all NaNoers, but you guys are special. Wait, everyone's special. But no, that's another way of saying nobody is which I totally don't mean, YOU'RE ALL SPECIAL AND I LOVE YOU.

There.

Oh yea! Pro-Life= win. :)

Indeed.

Nice to be here!

Hello all! :) Nice to be here!

Okay, so...what are we all writing?

Mine is not a strictly "pro-life" book. I am planning, so far, a Zorro novel, so we'll see how that goes.

Zorro novel sounds awesome!! Have fun with it!

Well, I didn't think that I was writing anything remotely pro life, since it's an urban fantasy story set at college. BUT, a major plot point is the power of total selflessness. So that ties in. (it ties in more, but I don't want to give away the end!)

Also, I've become inspired lately by the stage! I've never been a 'drama kid' or good at writing scripts, but I recently had to go see a live play production for an English class, and fell in love with the medium. And I'm thinking of writing a pro-life play. :)

None of my stories are necessarily pro-life, but I refuse to have an adult character (even a villain) who kills children so, in a way, my characters are pro-life. :P
I'm a little nervous about admitting that I'm pro-life because then people start acting hostile and telling me that I'm somehow against human rights. I don't understand where people get that idea. How is wanting children to have a chance to live, and grow, and make their own choices against human rights? It's the other way around!
Sorry for the rant.

Glad to see this thread was remade again. XD I'm very amused to see there's an opposing "Pro-choice Writers" out there too.

I'd like to emphasize the importance of writing in combating the culture of death, and building a new culture of life. This requires, obviously, a total cultural shift. And the best way to achieve this is through beauty, through artistic "sub-creation" (to borrow the phrase coined by Tolkien). We have to affect an entire cultural upheaval and renewal. John Paul II, as he said to the United Nations, was in great hopes for a "new springtime of the human spirit" to take place in this century. So - pro-life writers, write! This doesn't mean you have to write books that somehow have an underlying theme that pushes forth the Pro-life agenda. It means you write GOOD books, beautiful books, books the demonstrate the creative genius of the human person, that show the beauty and dignity of every human life. The good rule of thumb is - show, don't tell. SHOW the dignity and beauty and sacredness of every human life, of personhood, of the family, of marriage, of sexuality.

Good luck and God bless!

I cannot believe I have never seen this thread before! It's so great to see this and to unite for Pro-Life because it's so important that people stand up for all the babies who can't stand up for themselves!

Whoo! Pro-Life represent! :D :D

I thank God for all the mothers who have chosen life.

Lord Feanor, you said it well. I don't necessarily want to get into any political discussions, nor make politics a major part of my novel, but it is nice to be with others who feel the same way, and to offer support to each other.

Don't be intimidated by people who feel differently. Remind them that if it's about "choice" itself then the choice that they make should be value-neutral from their point of view. They should be just as happy when someone chooses life as they are when someone chooses abortion. If someone choosing life upsets them, then they aren't promoting choice, they're promoting abortion. And remind them that tolerance means acknowledging that people who think differently and make choices different from the ones they would make deserve respect just as much as those who agree with them. They tend to preach tolerance and choice and then practice intolerance and orthodoxy. Not that I would generalize. :)

Sorry, didn't mean to go on like that. I just hate that hypocrisy.

Pray for them.

Here's a question for all you fabulous pro-life writers here: do you think engaging people in abortion debates over the internet is worth it? Is it something you see as valuable in the fight against the culture of death? Why or why not?

I ask this because I've been ruminating about it a lot lately. I do like to debate this with anyone who wants to, but I'm conflicted about the value of internet debates. Thoughts?

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Commenting over here about things said on another thread is not any better than going over to comment on their thread, and it INVITES problems between the two threads, and is just asking for a debate.

Let this thread be FOR Pro Life writers... not against Pro Choice writers, or a place to complain about things being said in threads you disagree with.

If someone would like to debate, they are welcome to start a separate thread (probably in off topic) to do so, but I will warn you that such threads rarely remain respectful long, and there is rarely a point because I've never seen anyone's mind changed. Threads that get disrespectful and remain a consistent problem end up being closed.