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Aditus

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We all read, and/or have written a story in first person, third person (limited, omniscient), but what about second person?

 

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There are some great examples where writers have used this POV. I thought we would expand our horizon, get out of our comfort zone, stretch our wings, and try something new.

PT #307:

 

Write a vignette, or something longer, where you address your reader.

PT#308:

 

Write a short piece, poem, whatever you like, and address yourself.

 

And because there is another possibility, and I feel like overachieving today:

PT#309:

 

Write a story and address one of the characters:

 

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BendtedWreath

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I might have to revisit this one for practice.

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Bill W

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Let's get technical, technical.  I want to get technical.  (to the tune of Olivia Newton-John's Physical) 

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Valkyrie

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When I see the first word of a story is "you", I normally immediately stop reading and look for something else, just because there's so much bad second person writing out there.  It's funny that I happened to be reading a new book of short stories today and one of them featured an introduction written in second person.   It was so well done that the POV seemed perfectly natural for the story.  Maybe one of these days I'll take up the challenge of writing in second person.  :)

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Ron

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“Let’s get technical, technical.

I wanna get technical. Let’s get into technical.

Let me hear your physics talks; your physics talk.

Let me hear your physics talk.

Let’s get technical, technical.

I wanna get technical … .”

I paraphrase.

CRAP! I see @Bill W has beaten me to the punch! Hmm, it seems that when prompted we like minded think alike.

(Also, humor is ‘effing’ humorous.)

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Ron

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4 hours ago, Valkyrie said:

When I see the first word of a story is "you", I normally immediately stop reading …

I’m going to write a story just for you. I’m going to begin with, “You. Yeah, you.”

You may think you’re impervious to my machinations (much sniggering), but you aren't. You will succumb. You will fall, just like everyone else, and you will delight in my every word. — The Mule.

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Jeff Burton

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Hah I should post that short I did with one of @Topher Lydon's characters from one of his stories for prompt #309, if that's what you meant by that.  He said I could use it whenever I wanted so I wrote a short brief of the two of us having a conversation just to see if I could write a character that wasn't my own.  It got real, very quickly, and crazily in character.

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1 minute ago, Jeff Burton said:

Hah I should post that short I did with one of @Topher Lydon's characters from one of his stories for prompt #309, if that's what you meant by that.  He said I could use it whenever I wanted so I wrote a short brief of the two of us having a conversation just to see if I could write a character that wasn't my own.  It got real, very quickly, and crazily in character.

You are free and always with my continued blessing, to use that character in ANYWAY you wish my friend. Just remember how he gets without his Hugo, and make sure you put him back... though now there's two of them, I mean I am happy to let you keep one... makes my life easier.

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Aditus

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On 9/27/2025 at 3:00 PM, Jeff Burton said:

Hah I should post that short I did with one of @Topher Lydon's characters from one of his stories for prompt #309, if that's what you meant by that. 

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