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.

“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 ...

Writing in the third-person frees you to explore your story Posted June 15, 2015. Share. ... and these bad memories were recalled with less hostility by those using the third-person perspective. ...

Do you see it, in other words, from a first-person or a third-person perspective? Usually, we associate this kind of distinction with storytelling and fiction-writing. But like a story, every ...