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Question: Can you write in second person!?
What would it look like!? Do you have any examples of books written in second person!?Www@QuestionHome@Com


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I imagine you can, but that you will soon find it tedious!. You can only go on in second person for but so long! You will find these books, though:

Second person, present tense:

Calvino, If on a winter's night a traveller (odd-numbered chapters)
McInerney, Bright Lights, Big City (novel)
Robbins, Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas
Camus, The Fall (novel)

Second person, Past tense;

Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh, ch!. 1
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Choose Your Own Adventure books are written in 2nd person!. I can't imagine pulling off an entire novel that way, though!.

Or, translated into 2nd: You can't imagine pulling off an entire novel that way!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

All of those "what would YOU do!?" kind of books where you have to pick which actions to take and go to a certain page are in second person!. There's not much else that can be done with it!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Yes you can, but it would be difficult to do a whole book that way!. Www@QuestionHome@Com

You dont know any books in second person!heheheWww@QuestionHome@Com