Why Write In The Third Person?
Why Write In The Third Person?
Story Power Control Your Story Screenwriters use third person voice exclusively. Many narrative fiction writers start by writing in the first person using "I," and "we" and don't know how to switch. They feel that using the third person point of view is som...
Story Power Control Your Story Screenwriters use third person voice exclusively. Many narrative fiction writers start by writing in the first person using "I," and "we" and don't know how to switch. They feel that using the third person point of view is som...
That's interesting Zara Altair , not being much of anything a writer, I would have thought it more common to write in 3rd, and revert. As most interactions are viewed as they or he/she did such-n-such.
ReplyDeleteI agree completely Zara Altair.
ReplyDeleteYou threw a challenge at the end of that article and here is my attempt at answering that question:
Your article does not have different characters, it is expressing a perspective hence it works without using third person!
In fact there is nothing which uses first person or second person!
Expression of one point of view rarely becomes a story!
Here is my point in addition to what you said and this relates to any conversation - when pointing out mistake that the other person is doing or done, use of third person narrative will make the point without putting the other person into a defensive position!
Using first and second person narrative would immediately turn into me vs you and the actual point runs the risk of being lost!
I used the third person point of view as if the third person were writing the story more than once, the first time it was a diary of a main character and what she went through was difficult at times, I am thinking about revising it a little, as it is already published.
ReplyDeleteVivekananda Baindoor Rao some would not agree, as any opposition 1-3rd could be seen as a dissent and/or a critique stinging one's self-esteem...
ReplyDeleteRobert Walker Interesting concept-writing the story more than once.
ReplyDeleteHart GA Yes, interestingly enough, early/beginning writers feel more comfortable in the first person POV.
ReplyDeleteVivekananda Baindoor Rao I agree with Hart GA when it comes to interpersonal conversation. Here I'm addressing the craft of storytelling. And, of course, just what Hart describes could be a conflict in the story.
ReplyDeleteThank for the observation about the article. The answer is much more literary. :)
Zara Altair
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