i apologize. i was unaware that stating my preference was pontificating. Shan't make that mistake again.
No second person fiction to suggest?
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i apologize. i was unaware that stating my preference was pontificating. Shan't make that mistake again.
No second person fiction to suggest?
Just as a challenge, a second person story of over a thousand words, erotic preferably and post it here or in the library.
I've tried my hand at first person it's a challenge to write right and a challenge to read but if you pull it off it has emotional impact that you're hard pressed to get in third person limited past tense.
http://www.bdsmlibrary.com/stories/w...p?storyid=3439
Even when done well I find it hard to maintain the first person POV for any length beyond the short story. That is, hard to write it at length and hard to keep the reader into it. :rolleyes: That could just be me though.
Second person might work in a few select cases, but for a whole story let alone a novel... I think not.
Third person is in fact what mostly gets published and read, so lighten up everyone. These discussions are supposed to be for sharing information not an exercise in sarcasm. :dont:
Affectionately
Mad Lews
I agree with Mad Lews and the pontificator ;) I would never use first person for anything other than a short story. It's too hard to keep it going and also far too limiting in anything of length.
Third person omniscient has to be best for longer stuff - why make the task harder than you have to :).
Second person? Don't do it :eek:
At the risk of pontificating, first person -- in most cases -- just feels intrusive to me. It makes me very aware of the storytelling process. As i said, there are exceptions, but overall i do avoid first person fiction when i can (which turns into almost always when it is first person present tense -- i can't get rid of the picture of a person walking around going about their activities talking into a tape recorder.)
Well, I don't really mind first person writing, in fact I've read quite a few stories that I felt read a whole lot more intimately that way---a little like being told about some-one's naughtiest secrets or thoughts.
Isabella, I agree second person story telling--just don't go there. When I read erotic fiction I love to immerse myself in it, but there is just simply no way I'm ever going to get my head around being told something like: "..you stick your hard cock in her wet pussy..."
Consensus has it then! First Person Writing is the best there ever is, or will be in written history.
Consensus has it then! First Person Writing is the best there ever is, or will be in written history.
Consensus has it then! First Person Writing is the best there ever is, or ever will be in written history.
Actually, no one style is "best". Depends on the project, the reader, and the writer. It's all subjective.
On that much we can all agree, it is truly subjective :)
There’s a lot to be said for third person either limited or omnipotentQuote:
Originally Posted by Faibhar
Consensus commonly means a general agreement among the members of a given group or community, each member of which exercises some discretion in decision-making process. Respect is implied or at least inferred. When misused as a verb, consensus is the process of creating such a state of agreement.
In its most extreme form consensus requires agreement of all participants, a process as time consuming but not nearly as useful as herding cats. Achieving consensus requires serious treatment of every group member's considered opinion. It is in the end a struggle to find an opinion that is acceptable to all, or at least most. Often it ends up being a rush toward the lowest common denominator.
considerately yours
Mad & Lews
And he said i pontificated!!
Hehe! I'm so glad you got here first, muse. :d
Smoke curls above the basilica as the streets ring with joyous shouts.
"I wanna be the Pontiff!!!" Mad cried
"NO, pick me! Pick me!" Lews rejoined
"You are my sunshine, My only sunshine.
You make me happy when skies are gray......"
Ya know I bet this could be done. Just add some rope and gratuitous sex and viola!
Any takers?
Mad
My very dear and/or very esteemed Mad and/or Lews,
Lots and lots of things could be done. You could build a house of nothing but broccoli with an asparagus roof. You could cover a vintage Bentley in mashed parsnips. The question would be, "Why?"
With fondest regards,
rose
Both of you just want to wear the cool hat and cape and ride around in the limo with the bulletproof glass bubble.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mad Lews
Although, i think a shorter length skirt would look much better on you -- show off those sexy gams of yours.
Actually, the popemobile can best show off both cool hat, cape, etc.
As for the "consensus" bit, you are quite right in technicality, in not in intent.
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Originally Posted by Dragon's muse
*gg* I believe you're absolutely right, Dragon's muse.
Hey, Dragon is totally hawt in his kilt; i figure Mad/Lews would be, too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Alex Bragi