Because I'm feeling curious...

[swatkat]

What do you think of the second person POV?

Whatever did people do before the xerox machine was discovered?

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I won't ask what got you thinking...

[mscyanide.livejournal.com]

Whether a story is written in first, second or third person POV isn't as important as the quality of writing. I prefer third person, only because that appears easier for most people to write; second is second and first is last. *g*

Before Chester.F.Carlson's Xerox entered the world in 1961 people had to use carbon paper - thank you, Mr. Carlson.

Now I have two questions for you...*eg*

What came first, the telephone, the radio or the fax machine?

What do you get when you cross a vacuum cleaner with a blender?

[swatkat24.livejournal.com]

Whether a story is written in first, second or third person POV isn't as important as the quality of writing. I prefer third person, only because that appears easier for most people to write; second is second and first is last. *g*

I really have to find out a discussion link for you all. It was a fascinating discussion about POVs and their importance.

I've come across quite a number of people who say that they hate the first person POV (even more when it rotates). Hmm. Maybe it's bad first person writing that has conditioned everyone against it? *goes off to hunt for the link*

Before Chester.F.Carlson's Xerox entered the world in 1961 people had to use carbon paper - thank you, Mr. Carlson.

He was a genius indeed. But tell me, did they actually write everything down, say, when someone needed something important from an old, obscure book in the library?

What came first, the telephone, the radio or the fax machine?

The telephone. Most definitely the telephone. *g*

And for the second one, I have *no* idea. Heh.

Swatkat

Well...

[mscyanide.livejournal.com]

"I've come across quite a number of people who say that they hate the first person POV (even more when it rotates). Hmm. Maybe it's bad first person writing that has conditioned everyone against it? *goes off to hunt for the link*"

In my case it is a matter of the quality of the writing more than the POV - if something is done well, it doesn't matter how it is done. *g*

"But tell me, did they actually write everything down, say, when someone needed something important from an old, obscure book in the library?"

Good question. I would assume that they did have to write everything down or, if one was evil and lazy, rip the page out of the book.

"The telephone. Most definitely the telephone. *g*"

I'm sorry to have to tell you this (yeah right), but the telephone was most definitely not the first of the three. I was, of course, being nasty - the fax machine came first, and a good thirty years first.

"And for the second one, I have *no* idea. Heh."

A hair dryer.

I've a truck-load of such inane facts.