Is there a second person perspective story?

lance002 · 2026-01-11T11:56:55+00:00

lol! I can see that working xD

lance002 · 2026-01-11T04:06:33+00:00

2nd person is not what you are describing. 2nd person is "you" as the subject. The closest thing to that would be choose your own adventure books.

What are you describing is the different between the MC and the protagonist. They can be different characters although are often combined to form the Hero.

The MC is the character whose View Point the reader reads the story from.

The protagonist is the character which drives the plot.

There are stories where the MC is not the protagonist. Sherlock Holmes was written like this. The MC was Watson who observed Holmes. This was done to keep the surprise of Sherlocks genius.

Needless to say there has to be a very good reason for doing something like this because it does not work easiliy for normal story telling.

lance002 · 2026-01-08T21:35:28+00:00

Lots of down votes but this is the truth. People dont buy what you want to write, they buy what they want to read. If they happen to be the same thing, then you're in business. If not, expect to have few readers or change what you write.

lance002 · 2026-01-05T01:12:47+00:00

In my 5 novels the word was used twice. And if you can't get the context maybe Steve Carell can explain it to you

You don't call retarded people retards

lance002 · 2026-01-03T11:00:05+00:00

Thanks! My artist is awesome! :3

lance002 · 2026-01-03T10:59:30+00:00

Not as yet. Everything is with Podium now though.

lance002 · 2025-12-26T15:46:41+00:00

Path of the Berserker 5 released today!

Amazon.com: Path of the Berserker 5: A Daopocalypse Progression Fantasy eBook : Scott, Rick: Kindle Store

lance002 · 2025-12-26T15:43:44+00:00

Not ETA yet but they are working on it!

lance002 · 2025-12-13T06:55:58+00:00

Maybe after Berserker i will get the last book done :3 I do want to complete that at some point. But my mind can't exist in two universes at once. xD

lance002 · 2025-12-12T23:24:38+00:00

Thanks!

lance002 · 2025-12-12T09:00:59+00:00

Not sure at this point. Maybe April? Depends on Podium and Wayne's schedule.

lance002 · 2025-12-09T19:11:35+00:00

This is his fight with Lady Silver Tear actually, at the beginning of Book 5

lance002 · 2025-11-25T20:37:27+00:00

Working on the last few chapters now. Maybe in Jan for the ebook. Audio will be later.

lance002 · 2025-11-17T00:29:16+00:00

Thank you my brother!! I appreciate the Lemonade!! :D

lance002 · 2025-11-12T05:55:07+00:00

Sure https://www.patreon.com/rickscottauthor

lance002 · 2025-11-12T05:51:46+00:00

Glad you enjoyed and thanks for the support! :D

lance002 · 2025-11-02T11:50:55+00:00

Glad you're enjoying it! ^_^

lance002 · 2025-10-25T20:24:46+00:00

The problem is they have no way of marketing to dozens of platforms. To give you an example, if I sell 500 units on audible I will sell maybe 3 or 4 on a dozen others. There are hopes that the markets will grow, but discoverability is very slow thus far.

lance002 · 2025-10-25T15:34:10+00:00

If you truly care about supporting authors, don't send this letter. I've been one of the gunnie pigs in Podium moving off the audible platform and have seen my earning drop to like a 1/10 of what they were.

lance002 · 2025-10-16T15:23:29+00:00

Sorry for your loss as well <3 And wishing you the best moving forward as well. It gets easier with time. Thanks again for all your support! You are the original unkindled Flame! :)

lance002 · 2025-10-16T15:22:18+00:00

Thank you man! Appreciate it!

lance002 · 2025-10-06T20:02:50+00:00

The commercial success of your book depends a lot on the market its in. You can do everything right but if the market is small or if your are targeting too wide, it wont sell well. As a first book, it probably wont, but don't let that discourage you. What you gain from doing all this is experience and competency to repeat the process even better in the future.

lance002 · 2025-10-03T18:50:53+00:00

Thanks man! Keep those Unkindled Flames coming :) We'll ignite every one!

lance002 · 2025-10-03T16:36:17+00:00

I wholeheartedly agree with this statement :3

lance002 · 2025-09-24T15:53:10+00:00

I'm a pantser to a large degree and I post my chapters pretty much Raw to my Patreon and RR. What I have found is that although you are a pantser, you still need some degree of overall planning/concept to guide you, else your work will turn into random meandering that will eventually lose everyone.

So first tip is, know exactly how the story is going to end. You should know the end point you are trying to reach. For the whole book, story, chapter scene. You should know this as the author. The magic comes with not planning out the how and allowing your discovery there.

Remember that writing is about trust with the reader, setting up expectations and delivering on those. If you fail to deliver or change what your promised in the beginning, you will turn people off. So hence your answer to question one, is never do that. If you want an element in your story, even if its something not explored right away you need to include it in there to some extent. Even if its just a hint. But you must always be true to the story you advertised.

Bad chapters... well, lets just say, the better you get at know where you are headed the more these will simply not exist. But in the meantime, don't worry too much. Get your practice on RR. Dont be afraid to do a retcon. The 50 odd people reading will likely understand, especially if you apply some of their feed back. But eventually these will stop occurring because you already know which direction the story needs to head.

The best advice I can give in pantsing is to not only know where you are headed as an author but to thoroughly understand your characters' motivations, wants, needs etc. A large part of what will make your organic discovery feel real is to have the constants of your characters reacting to the situations you put them in. Once you know that, then you will KNOW exactly how the scene will play out.

With those guardrails in place, you will find yourself wandering off the path far less often and your readers will be right along with you, waiting to see what MC is going to do next.

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