Heyo my friends.

Thank you so much for all of the amazing feedback that I've gotten recently. You've all been incredibly kind.

However, I do want to clear something up.

I was left a review that was...stern. Basically, they said that since I spelled a word wrong, I had no right to criticize people who also have that problem.

First, I know. That doesn't seem fair.

Second, typically before every chapter, I try to say that there will be mistakes, I'm not perfect, and I'm just doing this for fun. I'm not an English teacher, so you can't really take what I say as gospel truth.

Third, the word that I was criticized on spelling wrong was in a different language. I've taken French for four years, and the phrase that I said was pour exemple, which is 'for example' in English. So while it looks incorrect, I can assure you all that it isn't.

That is all.

Back to business.

Let's begin!


Narratives!

[first, second, and third person]

So.

This chapter might be a bit short, as it's not a tough concept, but it's still important to know :) This is the point of view of how your story is told, and, you know, that's kinda important.

You're set with a main character, a plot, even the tense that you're going to tell your story in. But is it going to be an omnipotent being telling the story from third person, will we get a first-hand experience with our own character telling the story, or will we be the characters?

First Person

I'm not sure which one is the most used: first or third. Either way, these are the ones that are used 99.56% of the time when telling a story.

First person is when we hear it directly from the character, from their point of view, and what it is that they're thinking. This is when they use the words I, me, etc. The PJO series is written in first person. We know, because Percy is the one telling us the story, not some random narrator. He says stuff like "I swung my sword," "I kissed Annabeth," or "so-and-so said to me".

Pretty easy.

SHAMELESS SELF-PROMOTION

You wanna read a first-person story? Then check out my two fics, Missing and Forgotton, told from the points of view from the daring Annabeth and the hilarious Percy!

Whatever.

Typically, the ones that are written the best in First Person are the ones that are written by the actual author. I've found that when people try to write in first person on Fanfiction, they can't quite get the characters right. So really be committed if you want to write in First Person. You've got to know the characters well in order to portray them correctly.

It's hard, believe me. If you don't do it right, you might get slaughtered with reviews telling you over and over again.


Third Person

This is the 'Harry Potter' tense. Harry doesn't narrate, some man on high from the clouds done. He pokes his head through the water vapor and surveys the scene, and then jots it down in a book and publishes it. This guy must have some amazing mind-reading superpower, because we can read the character's thoughts. The HoO series is also written in Third Person.

I've found that writing in Third Person is easier, because then (this is just for me) I feel like I can focus more on what's going on around the characters rather than what's going on in their head.

But that's just me.

I'M DOING IT AGAIN

Do you want to read a Third Person story? Do you like reading drabbles and one-shots? Then Fragments is the story for you!

*cough*

With this one, I think that you can get a bit of leeway on Fanfiction. People still might get mad if you get the characters wrong, but I can see Third Person acting as a sort of shield for you.


Second Person

This is what that little 0.44% is that we hardly ever see. The reason why is because that this is when the main character is you.

Compare this to a video game. You're the main character saving Hyrule, gunning down the bad guys, or trying to rescue Princess Peach. You're going through the adventure yourself.

Before video games we had those 'choose-your-own-adventure' books. These are they.

Remember those Goosebumps books, where you were on a field trip with your class to some museum and

You get separated from the group (turn to page 34)

You and your friend get lost among the sculptures (turn to page 12)

You stay with the group (turn to page 2)

Sound familiar?

These aren't as common, and I don't think that they're allowed on Fanfiction, so you might as well forget about all this.

But yeah, second person narrative.


So this wasn't much of a chapter, but I felt like it was still necessary in some way.

Thanks for being so patient, you guys. You're the greatest :)

Now, if you don't mind, I'm going to watch a movie and eat ice cream with my roommates.

Happy writing!