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?

Comments

Hmmmmm.

[jaybee65.livejournal.com]

To me, second-person POV is like really rich, sugary cake -- great in small doses (if done well), but not something I want every day. Its usage makes me feel as if I'm being forced to identify with the "you" character -- an interesting experience sometimes, but after a while I can come to resent it, especially if it's a character I don't particularly like.

First person is fine, although I've noticed that a lot of stories written in first person tend to have a breezy, casual kind of style that also annoys me after a while. (Just call me grumpy. LOL.) But that's more a habit of the writers than it is anything inherent to writing in first person.

I usually write in third person (with the exception of one story in first person, and one drabble in second) and tend to prefer reading it, too -- mostly because it usually avoids the issues I mentioned above.