Should You Write in Second-Person POV? (Featuring Examples of Green Leaf Audios ASMR)
Image by Clay Banks on Unsplash I'd like to take a moment and say, this is my 100th post. Cheers! What Is Second-Person Point of View? The narrative of first-person perspective is told from the viewpoint of "I" while that of third-person is the name of the protagonist/narrator along with their pronouns. The narrative of second-person perspective is told from the viewpoint of "you." However, "you" isn't as straightforward as you might think. Generally, yes, "you" refers to the reader and is used as an immersion technique, but there are other variations of "you" that we'll see further down. Second-person POV is probably best known from the "Choose Your Own Adventure" style of books and games. I love Diane Callahan's videos on all aspects of writing. Callahan provides various book (and movie) examples of the second-person POV in the video below. While it's a lesser used POV and argued to be risky, there ar