Okay, so Ill just drop this here, and hopefully, I wont need to read another comment about the "You" perspective. Cheers.
Super-short explanation:
First person: The grammatical perspective of "I". This includes I, I'll, myself, my belongings, my wife, my kids, my whatever from MY perspective.
Second person: The grammatical perspective of "You". This includes, You, you'll, You're belongings, your wife, your kids, your whatever from YOUR perspective.
Third person: The grammatical perspective of the character "Insert name". To make it simple, ill just call him Iver. This includes Iver, Iver will, Iver has, Iver bought, Iver's kids, Iver's wife, and whatever else from "Iver's" perspective.
Simple, right?
Now, for the pros:
First-person: Immersive. Builds credibility with you, the readers. Expresses my opinion through the lens of the character. Builds intrigue.
Second-person: Unique, immersive, closeness and intimacy with the MC, simpler writing mechanics, stimulates me to be more creative.
Third-person: Direct, omniscience, provides insight on multiple characters, time-skip is easier, compatible with First person POV and Second person POV.
Wow, great. We now know each narratives pros(Some, not all)! But, what about cons?
First-person: Limited Viewpoint, you get limited info on the world, and the reader cant feel what the other characters feel. Tends to make the writer self-indulgent and biased, immersing myself, the author, too much in the story for my own good. Being biased, cmon, its "MY" perspective, its easier to get biased. A narrower experience, since your seeing the world from MY viewpoint. Difficult, its harder to pull off, seriously, I tried, I find second-person and third-person much easier and natural. Its harder to capture the charachter, Because "I", the author, am an awesome person, and "I", "Myself", cant be mediocre, right?
Second-person: Limited suspense, "You", the narrator, can only share what "You" know, limiting the suspense. Harder to develop side characters, because your seeing the world from "Your" perspective. Its Strange and hard to understand for some, since, you know, your not used to it. If the reader dislikes the narrator, the reader will likely dislike the book regardless of its story.(Someone read 3 chapters, gave a badly written review, and gave 3 stars before dropping.)
Third-person: Gets annoying, fast. Boring to the author(Me). Needs too much attention to details, making nitpicking a thing. And, most importantly, Overused.
I decided on second-person because I wanted a unique writing experience. That's it. I know, its jarring for some, but yeah, its also a try from me.
Anyways, cheers.
Third-person doesn't have to be omniscient or even objective, third person limited would be the most common way most professional novels are written. The issue with Second-person is that unless the reader has already started identifying with the main character to some degree it tends to be quite jarring and thus is often a barrier to entry.
Its your story so you write it how you want but there's a reason why second-person novels tend to be quite rare. That said if someone doesn't like a story they should just move on and read something else.
that's kinda the issue right?
the discontent ones are way more likely to comment than the ones that don't have anything to say cause they like it the way it is.
NAH. Only in the first chapter did the "You" perspective confuse people, and from there, people stopped commenting about it. I was honestly only harrased by 1 guy, the guy in the previous chap. He commented just 1 time, but he sadly caught me when i was in a bad mood due to me having a fever(Which I still have).
Overreaction? Not so much. Especially when he starts asking me to undo hours of my work for his selfish needs.
@bignt hope you are getting better soon.
and yeah it feels kinda odd being told what you yourself think, but I played enough dnd and similar stuff to be able to entertain that.
and once you do it's fine.
Tbh sometimes people can really ruin a person mental if you don’t like a novel don’t read it. Somebody always gotta mess it up for people who are actually into the story.
Bruh, I made the guy from the previous chap to RQ my novel and give me a 1 star... Im so PROUD of myself! Hahahah! (Serious, I just find it funny lol.)
Tbh didn't even really notice, I guess you doing good job then, cause usually I get annoyed by 2nd person story style.