Wednesday, April 9, 2014

You begin to read an awesome blog post.

Although I have never tried my hand at it, I think that the most interesting point of view to write in is second person. I feel that there is a level of intimacy involved that no other point of view can quite grasp. With the second person, you are transported into the story. The author tells you what you are doing and there is nothing you can do about it but stop reading. If you continue to read, you are at the mercy of the writer. They say "You walk down the street," and you are walking down that street whether you want to or not. You are forced to think "I don't want to do that" rather than just "Oh, I wish the character wouldn't do that."

When the story is written in first person, you join the main character in their story. When the story is written in second person, you are the story.
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You slump back in your chair, feeling disappointed. That wasn't awesome. That was barely even a post. Way too short, first of all. Second person points of view are dumb, you think to yourself. There is no level of intimacy. There is no way that she could tell what you are thinking. Whatever, you think to yourself, that's what I get for reading dumb college blogs anway.