You, The Narrator and Participant – Sebastopol Sketches
Don’t believe anyone who thinks the second-person point-of-view began with Bright Lights, Big City. Well before McInerny was born, both Nathaniel Hawthorn...
Category: Writing
The Art of Revision
All writing is rewriting. We must find a revision process that works for us. Over time we may adopt or more strategies that make us create the best possible wor...
You and She, The Narrators – A Hybrid Form
Mohsin Hamid’s How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia is a coming-of-age story using an unusual hybrid point of view. Unlike a traditional second-person po...
The Big O: Mohsin Hamid
Original detail distinguishes an average writer from a good one. An average writer might describe her character as poor. What does that mean? It depends, I thin...
You, The Narrator – Self-Help
Lorrie Moore writes brilliantly in the second person in Self-Help, her first collection of short stories. Her style and tone differ markedly from Jay McInerny i...
You, The Narrator – Bright Lights, Big City
As part of the point of view (POV) series, we will review the second-person point of view. Second-person POV uses the pronoun You. You can be either singular or...