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Sibling trope of [[First Person Perspective]]. |
Sibling trope of [[First Person Perspective]]. |
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== Comic Books == |
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* Tim Waggoner's [http://timwaggoner.com/portraitof.htm Portrait of a Horror Writer]. |
* Tim Waggoner's [http://timwaggoner.com/portraitof.htm Portrait of a Horror Writer]. |
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* A book on writing, rife with examples, said that second-person rarely worked. The example used, which did, implied that there was an "I" which somehow never came up. Paraphrased: |
* A book on writing, rife with examples, said that second-person rarely worked. The example used, which did, implied that there was an "I" which somehow never came up. Paraphrased: |
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{{quote| You walk about the cabin. Hearing a noise, you peer out the window, but you see nothing. Out loud, you say, "[[ |
{{quote| You walk about the cabin. Hearing a noise, you peer out the window, but you see nothing. Out loud, you say, "[[It's Probably Nothing]]," but your voice is shaky. The light silhouettes you perfectly in the window.}} |
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* Same in ''[[How Not to Write A Novel]]'', but without examples. |
* Same in ''[[How Not to Write A Novel]]'', but without examples. |
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{{quote| In fact, it was called the "second person" when McInerney became the second person to get away with it and it became clear he would also be the last.}} |
{{quote| In fact, it was called the "second person" when McInerney became the second person to get away with it and it became clear he would also be the last.}} |
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