Writing in the first or third person produces different types of relationships between the narrator, the characters and the reader. There are limitations and benefits to both points of view.

Writing in the first or third person produces different types of relationships between the narrator, the characters and the reader. ... For example, when reading a Jane Austen novel, ...

Now, that is the power a third-person omniscient narrator has.The stark difference between limited-perspective narration and ...

“Third-person expressive writing might provide a constructive opportunity to make sense of what happened but from a safe distance that feels less immediate and threatening,” says Matthew ...

The use of the word “I” in academic writing, that is writing in the first person, has a troublesome history.Some say it makes writing too subjective, others that it’s essential for accuracy.