# 3rd person perspective by narrator **URL:** \ **Category:** Writing and Content\ **Created:** [October 19, 2017, 1:47pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/3rd-person-perspective-by-narrator/31566 "2017-10-19T13:47:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![Eiwynn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/eiwynn/32/221334_2.png) [@Eiwynn](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/Eiwynn)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2017, 1:54pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/3rd-person-perspective-by-narrator/31566/2 "2017-10-19T13:54:31Z")
There are a couple of threads on this or a similar topic: > [@3rd person, present tense](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/3rd-person-present-tense/10433): > > I’m curious how everyone feels about it - for choose your own adventure type games. The idea is to make the MC more of a real person, with some of his own thoughts, goals, fears… etc. Which would make the player more of an influential force, rather than the one in the shoes. I think it could help strengthen the ‘MC’ type of character (and the overall story). Of course there may already be some Choice games like this, I just haven’t played enough of them yet. > [@What "person" works best?](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/what-person-works-best/30245/8): > > I’d say experiment with both and see what comes naturally to you as a writer – in what tense do you think of the story in your head? It’s interesting to realize the effect that perspective/tense can have on sentence structure. I decided to write part of my game (a sort of flashback) in past tense (2nd person), and it’s surprisingly hard. I keep finding whole paragraphs to fix, and it’s not just a simple matter of changing the verbs – a lot of the sentences were awkward in the new tense, and wou… The short answer is: As long as you can make it work, the community should be accepting of it. --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/3rd-person-perspective-by-narrator/31566)._