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The Second Person

Most books are written in first person I, or third person he/she/it. I have read that only the most creative and experimental write in second person - the "you" point of view.  So with this in mind (she says ) I am reworking a story into second person as I also understand that it is the least used point of view in fiction, and there's nothing like experimental to get the brain cells moving. Second person requires the reader not only to step into the head of the protagonist, but into his very shoes.   The writer has to become at one with the reader and convince the reader that the events are happening to him personally and that he is seeing and experiencing these events through his own eyes.   writing-in-second-person-point-of-view It's also said that 2nd person writing can become annoying for the reader. Good writers shouldn't have a problem with this, should they ? Here's a couple of "off the cuff " paragraphs written this morning. I will p