The idea to create a space for the reader to express themselves through a writing project is one that I’ve always been intrigued by. In high school I wrote a book called The Horizon, which I wrote in the third person. At the time I was a bit reluctant to write in the first person, but now I can’t imagine writing anything in the first person without becoming consumed by my own voice.
I think that writing in the first person is one of the best ways to communicate ideas. You don’t have to read what someone is saying to figure out what they are thinking.
I love the first person as a way to communicate ideas. It conveys ideas faster and with fewer distractions. In this case, the authors are telling us about a hypothetical future where everything is in the fourth person.
The hypothetical future is exactly the future I envision for myself. I do not want to be a fourth person, however, I do want to write in the third person. It is that third person that can be read, and it is the third person that is the most compelling. We are writing in the third person because it is easier to write in a third person, but also because it conveys a more compelling feeling in the reader.
The third person always feels more real than the second person, so I feel like I am not just writing in the third person. By creating a fictitious third person, I am giving myself the ability to express more emotion in the story, which is what I want to do. But I am also hoping to give the reader a better feeling in the story, so I am writing in the second person.
You can use any sort of third person, but it makes me think of a third person who is in a wheelchair. I think the reader will feel more empathy when I write in the third person, as it will be easier to picture that wheelchair-bound character being hurt by the writing.
I used to be a big fan of the horror games of the 80s, like The Evil Dead, Day of the Dead, and Night of the Living Dead. In all of these games you could tell when a person was in a state of heightened paranoia. Now, I’m not talking about the characters in the games. I’m talking about how the games themselves have become increasingly surreal.
I used to think, “Oh, these games are just all about horror.” Well, let me tell you, they’re not. They’re all about how you feel when you’re walking around in a world that has been turned on its head. You’re not walking along the beach at night; you’re walking through an underground tunnel, with a whole different set of rules.
This is why I love horizon. Horizon is a game about seeing what’s in front of you, and it’s a remarkably fun way to lose your mind. The game is based around a single idea, that we are just all a part of the game- in this case, the game is a reality simulator where you can’t be anywhere but in this world. So you’re constantly wondering about what’s out there, what’s inside that world.
