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, ...

“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.