Challenge #245
Aug. 14th, 2023 11:39 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
This one's going to be a little weird, and hopefully interesting and a bit challenging. Think of anything that has happened to you in the past week or so where you needed to make a decision. It doesn't have to be a momentous decision - even something as simple as choosing which of your favorite mugs to prepare your coffee in is fine.
Think about how you would write that in first-person POV: how would you communicate to the reader what things influenced your decision, and what did you ultimately decide? In the case of the mugs, the consideration may have taken less than a tenth of a second, but writing it might take multiple sentences: "I almost always prefer the red one, because it has my favorite Doctor Who quote, but today, I'm really thirsty and the teddy bear mug holds a lot more coffee. However, that one is dirty in the dishwasher. The Eiffel tower mug is just as big, but I try not to use it because it's expensive and hard to replace. Maybe I'll just use my favorite and have multiple cups."
Got it? Good. Now... write the passage in second-person POV. Make your reader weigh the pros and cons and make the decision.
Think about how you would write that in first-person POV: how would you communicate to the reader what things influenced your decision, and what did you ultimately decide? In the case of the mugs, the consideration may have taken less than a tenth of a second, but writing it might take multiple sentences: "I almost always prefer the red one, because it has my favorite Doctor Who quote, but today, I'm really thirsty and the teddy bear mug holds a lot more coffee. However, that one is dirty in the dishwasher. The Eiffel tower mug is just as big, but I try not to use it because it's expensive and hard to replace. Maybe I'll just use my favorite and have multiple cups."
Got it? Good. Now... write the passage in second-person POV. Make your reader weigh the pros and cons and make the decision.