As a strange god once said, writing is hard. It feels like there are near limitless aspects to consider during the writing process. With any luck, you should find answers to questions and learn new things in this collection of discussions.
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The second person is written using the pronoun 'you' which makes it a complex and challenging writing decision. It is called the 'how to' point of view because it is sometimes used to describe how the POV character, the reader, does something. And it, when done poorly, can sound like an annoying instruction manual, thus a 'how to.' I like to think of it as narrating or mansplaining to someone what it is they're doing in a first-person shooter, simply because it helps me wrap my brain around it.
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You will almost never see a novel-length story in the second person, but short stories and poems can really thrive in the second person. On a list of second person novels, there's a couple that sound interesting but not a single one sounds familiar (one called Bright Lights, Big City apparently being the exception that people have read, though few seem to like it). I'm not saying that choosing the second person would guarantee the failure of a novel, but it is less likely than if you picked one of the more standard POVs. This is, however, not true in terms of short story and poems.
Consider music lyrics, the most popular modern poetry. Rap stands for 'rhythm and poetry,' making it the ideal genre for this exercise. The first song that comes to mind, Childish Gambino's Redbone, has many lines in the second person: "If you want it / You can have it / But stay woke." Sweatpants has a line like this as well, "Yeah, you got some silverware but really are you eating though?"
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Of course, it might be easiest to understand how you could use the second person toolset by looking at self-insertion stories here on Wattpad. Well, maybe don't. I don't read them, so I can't guarantee the quality. But consider the concept. Everyone wants to be special, to find love, to defeat evil (or be evil). This medium is your chance to allow that wish fulfillment. Just, please don't make it weird. (Yes, that's a kink shame.)
Character & Voice
Readers generally have to suspend some amount of disbelief but don't push it too far in this POV. It's important to realize when you're creating a character for the second person, you are putting the reader into those shoes. Most readers won't want to be put into the shoes of a terrible person or, far worse, a dumbass who makes terrible decisions. You're guiding the reader through a story through a character who they should be able to relate to. Basically, the reader is the protagonist.
