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| What Perspective Do You Like To Write In? |
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29% |
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| Second Person |
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3% |
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| Third Person |
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42% |
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| Buchanan Perspective |
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9% |
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| No Preference |
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15% |
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I love to write in the first person. I always write from the character's perspective. I personally find it more interesting.
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| Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 2:56 am Post subject: |
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| I don't really have a specific one that I write in more than any other, but a lot of times I find it helpful to write in first person because then it limits what I can write to what that person knows. Then I don't have to worry quite so much about information overloads... although, in rare cases, it makes them worse... |
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| Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2008 5:01 am Post subject: |
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| I tend to write in the second person's perspective. I have no idea why. |
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| Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2008 5:05 am Post subject: |
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First person.
I have trouble with third.
And I've never bothered to try second, since my writing teacher said it didn't exist.
I corrected her though.
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| Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2008 10:15 pm Post subject: |
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Mainly third, but every now and then I'll do one in first. I've only ever written one in second person and I didn't know this Buchanan thing existed until two minute ago. don't really understand it  |
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| Posted: Sat Apr 12, 2008 5:05 pm Post subject: |
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| 30MarsBars wrote: |
| Mainly third, but every now and then I'll do one in first. I've only ever written one in second person and I didn't know this Buchanan thing existed until two minute ago. don't really understand it |
The Buchanan thing is just a joke, Mars. It doesn't exist, but it does rule all. 
I always write in third. If it sounds good that way, I keep it. If not, I go back through and edit it (and VERY long process. Urgh.) Rarely will I begin in first.
Second person is interesting. I've only seen this done well once, and it was in a book of short stories. I'd never read a novel written this way - it's too...confusing? I'd love to give it a shot one day, though. 
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| Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2008 10:18 pm Post subject: |
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| Third person omniscient mostly, although sometimes I use first person. |
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| Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2008 11:20 pm Post subject: |
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| I usually write in third person, but I seem to often find myself writing in first person (usually in my spur of the moment writings). |
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| Posted: Sat May 17, 2008 3:38 pm Post subject: |
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| first person is great because you can show what the character is thinking and tell it from their point of view. plus you can use sarcasm. |
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