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Post by Deleted on Apr 7, 2008 18:24:22 GMT -5
I usually write in third person for the reason its easier to describe someone that way.
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Post by lemmykoopa300 on Apr 7, 2008 20:03:23 GMT -5
Third person is fun when you want to describe things. I like third person for that reason. However, since my first person writing has a bit more voice (ex: Miles & Sal stories in the Times), I like using that. A lot of my stories in English class are first person, especially because they come easier to me and we have to do one a week. >_>;;
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Post by Jina on Apr 8, 2008 0:19:06 GMT -5
Third person is fun when you want to describe things. I like third person for that reason. However, since my first person writing has a bit more voice (ex: Miles & Sal stories in the Times), I like using that. A lot of my stories in English class are first person, especially because they come easier to me and we have to do one a week. >_>;; Wow, lucky I only get to write stories for a few weeks each year. Okay... something to drag this back to topic.... What's it called when you write in first person, but you talk about things that your main character doesn't know about?
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Post by Vyt: Down, but Not Out on Apr 8, 2008 1:46:14 GMT -5
I like writing in third person, but from the view of one person (same as Rikku, and, like Rikku, I'm unsure of the term for that). According to the not-always-trustworthy Wikipedia, it's called third person limited. Third-person limited is usually used by novel writers to conceal some plotlines for the mean time to add suspense. For example, if I were to add someone who has a hidden intention, I'd be using the third-person limited to truly hide that intention. Some roleplayers use this type of narration as well.
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Post by Dice on Apr 8, 2008 5:30:37 GMT -5
According to the not-always-trustworthy Wikipedia, it's called third person limited. Third-person limited is usually used by novel writers to conceal some plotlines for the mean time to add suspense. For example, if I were to add someone who has a hidden intention, I'd be using the third-person limited to truly hide that intention. Some roleplayers use this type of narration as well. I usually use third-person limited, although I have a fondness for short stories in first person.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 8, 2008 20:22:40 GMT -5
I used to only write in first person, and it's funny, considering the only NT story I've had published was third person. XD; But I also go on a roleplaying site, so I have to use third person there. Come to think of it, I really only use third person in roleplaying, and on occasion in my own stories. But I like using first person. Both can have their errors (first person can get into a ramble of the character, maybe become too opinionated or sarcastic; third person can sound artificial when talking about a person's thoughts if done incorrectly), but that's only when not done properly.
I don't really read second person much. Besides Sherlock Holmes, the only place I ever see second person would be...Neoadventures. XD
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Post by ace2464 on Apr 12, 2008 17:21:29 GMT -5
I usually go for third person, because I like to constantly switch veiws and that doesn't really fly with first person since it causes confusion. Though first person I do sometimes use. Second person, however, I just can't grasp.
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Post by Fam 1741 on Apr 12, 2008 21:10:51 GMT -5
To all that doesn't know what second person is,
It's like "you".... like those choose-your-own-adventure books
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Post by jdb1984 on Apr 12, 2008 21:18:23 GMT -5
I usually do third person limited.
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Post by (_+*Lou*+_) on Apr 13, 2008 15:03:48 GMT -5
The stories that I love to write, usually, are in first person because it's easier for me to tell a story from someone's perspective.
But I also really like third person omniscient. Limited is harder for me because I either want to be a character or have details from all of them, not just be telling one story.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 14, 2008 8:11:28 GMT -5
I enjoy writing in third-person, but I feel I really connect with the characters the most through first, which is why my series are in first. I generally use third person for short stories, where you don't need to know as much about the characters and it works better for the readers to learn their names. Second-person? Never used it. Well, perhaps it's popped up a few times here and there, but I generally stick with first for series and third for short stories (but sometimes first). ;D
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Post by xsoulweaverx on Apr 16, 2008 20:14:21 GMT -5
I enjoy writing in first person. I feel like I can be a lot more casual with my writing. It varies though and can sometimes depend on the protagonist. There will be some characters I feel can only be described by themselves so I use first person and others that can't. *shrugs* As for second person, it confuses me far too much so I just avoid it when I write ^^;
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Post by Stephanie (swordlilly) on Apr 18, 2008 19:50:43 GMT -5
I use third person more often, but I write quite a bit in first person too. And second person is fun to experiment with as well. =P
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Post by Deleted on May 22, 2008 19:40:52 GMT -5
I feel like a unique person now! Yay me!
I like to write in first person way more than in third person, because it allows the characters' thoughts in its rules, I guess. In first person, I can show you, rather than tell you, exactly what the main character is thinking, and possibly skew the views on the story as it's going on x3.
However, I find second-person equally effective and MUCH harder in certain situations. I often write little short stories in second person. The challenge is simple: it's almost as if you're commanding the reader to feel/act in a certain way, and it only works in really certain and precise situations. That's why it's so seldom used. However, if used in the right situation, this view can be the most effective out of all of them, I've found.
Third person is meh to me, and I only use it if neither 1st nor 2nd person are fitting in the situation. It's basically use-by-elimination. It just seems detached to me, and I find it only works in situation where the narrator needs to be very detached (I have used it by choice in the past), or where there need to be multiple points of view shown in a story (though I guess this would eliminate 1st and 2nd person anyway, soyeah...).
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Post by Bacon on Jun 6, 2008 7:17:31 GMT -5
What's it called when you write in first person, but you talk about things that your main character doesn't know about? ... I guess that would be something like "First person omniscient". I'd like to see an example, though, since I don't think I've heard of it before. I almost ALWAYS write in third-person limited ((It gives me more time to think of a plot)), although I do use third-person omniscient rarely. I have only one(recent, good) story in first person, and I really like the main character in that one because, even though he's sort of a depressed, hurt character for the part I have written, his emotions seem more real than any of my other characters. One of my most recent stories I'm actually writing a bit differently. Based on some advice I've seen given here, partly about writing and partly about RP-ing, I'm writing this story as if it's a single-player online RP. I've given each character a backstory for a change(usually it's just a basic personality when I start, and the backstory comes later), I've given them each an RPG-type class(such as my "White Mage", who's actually a doctor, and my "rogue" who's just a vagabond with a couple knives), and I've strived to make the plot more quest-like than previous projects. So basically it's a godmodder's dream, ;D because I control all the characters, good, bad and ugly, I can timeskip whenever I want and have bad guys conversing in the middle of a timeskip rather than scattered in half a dozen posts on a two-dozen post page(try saying that last part ten times fast). So far it's not half bad.
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