[ SECRET POST #3239 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3239 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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02.
[Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani]


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03.
[Law & Order SVU/OZ]


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04.
[Unforgotten, The Fall]


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05.
[Gamer's Guide to Pretty Much Everything]


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06.
[Markiplier]


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07.
[Law & Order SVU (John Munch)]


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08.
[Kaiji]








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Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

Re: Writing Opinions

[kallanda_lee]

For heaven's sake don't do 1st or 2nd person unless you're a REALLY good writer and know why you're using it. Same for present tense, up to an extent.

Re: Writing Opinions

[(Anonymous)]

I'm fine with first person. Present tense... if it absolutely has to be.

2nd person is hard to pull off. They can't all be I Stand Here Ironing. (And even that might've been better in third or first.)

Re: Writing Opinions

[kallanda_lee]

Most of second tense I've seen is basically reader x character and while the concept is interesting, I've only ever seen it be terrible.

Re: Writing Opinions

[(Anonymous)]

I've only seen 2nd person done well in the Homestuck fandom, which probably has something to do with the canon being written in 2nd person.

Otherwise, instant backbutton.

Re: Writing Opinions

[comma_chameleon]

I haaaaate first person. The story has to be VERY engaging and VERY well written to make me not want to auto-nope out of a fic or book when it's in first person.

Re: Writing Opinions

[(Anonymous)]

I think 1st person can often be alright in original fiction, but I agree that it's almost never a good bet in fanfiction. I always get this feeling like the author is claiming an unearned intimacy with the character or something. I've seen 1st person done well in fic, but not often.

For me, 2nd person can work, but almost exclusively for a very specific try of fanfic: a fic that's not too long, and is meant to leave the reader feeling unsettled. IMO 2nd person creates a schism between what happens in a story and the feeling of what happens. It can be powerful if you're writing about a character who is struggling to understand themselves and what they feel and what that measn about who they are, but yeah, I think it's uses are pretty limited.

Re: Writing Opinions

[(Anonymous)]

I'd agree but would make an exception for fandoms based on media that is in first person.

Re: Writing Opinions

[(Anonymous)]

AYRT Good point. I've never actually been in a book fandom, so I didn't even think of that, but you're absolutely right.

Re: Writing Opinions

[(Anonymous)]

Certainly for fanfic writers, unless the source material is written in the first person, just don't do first person. You will never, ever, catch the voice of the character. More than likely you'll end up writing an Ayn Rand screed of ultra rationalism in the face of all characterization and circumstance. Goes double if you post on SD.Net or Spacebattles.