tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33599441.post3489853006847651488..comments2024-03-28T01:11:53.559-07:00Comments on Electric Spec Editor Blog: second personlesleylsmithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14872977902924014581noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33599441.post-61738822497219637832012-04-24T08:55:48.020-07:002012-04-24T08:55:48.020-07:00Thanks for the input, Charmaine and Kat! I'll...Thanks for the input, Charmaine and Kat! I'll have to check those books out. :)lesleylsmithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14872977902924014581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33599441.post-67971160289411495322012-04-19T20:06:45.828-07:002012-04-19T20:06:45.828-07:00Agreed--it's the intermittent thing that makes...Agreed--it's the intermittent thing that makes it work. Helps if the book is humorous, too. "The Kneebone Boy" is a YA book that uses second person in small doses and it works so well because it adds to the humor. It's slipped in there very smoothly, too.Kat Heckenbachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17690721679155795038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33599441.post-86818694906407703562012-04-19T13:44:56.985-07:002012-04-19T13:44:56.985-07:00I don't think I'll attempt it at all, but ...I don't think I'll attempt it at all, but loved WHEN YOU REACH ME - a children's mystery/sci-fi. It was quite poetic in its use. I think the key there was the second person reference was intermittent and not constant, it was contained in the MC's thoughts and messages to the person not appearing in the story.<br /><br />But when the narrator does an 'aside' in a story to 'you', that does take me out of the story.<br /><br /><a href="http://clancytales.blogspot.com.au" rel="nofollow">Wagging Tales</a>Charmaine Clancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18059559142070140041noreply@blogger.com