As I was mulling over how to continue with my most recent EVA
piece, I realized that I hadn't seen very many fics written in first
person, including most self-inserts. Is that really the way most pieces
are written, or is it just me?
Most fics? I'd say that most prose fanfics are written in
third person past tense, and most script fanfics are written in third
person present. First person isn't -that- uncommon, but it's not used
for the majority of fics.
On a tangential note, I wonder whether there's ever been a
fanfic written in second person. I suppose that'd be a
"reader-insertion" fic, as opposed to "self-insertion"... It might
make an interesting exercise, if nothing else.
Scott Schimmel http://www.seas.upenn.edu/~schimmel/
Ex ignorantia ad sapientium; "You really aren't normal, are you?"
ex luce ad tenebras. -- Miki Koishikawa