User blog comment:Magical Toddler/Second Person Perspectives - Why They're Hard to Write/@comment-26425680-20170819064131

You make some valid points, and it's clear you put some thought into this. While I don't disagree with anything you've said, keep in mind that writing in second person is inherently risky, so if you're going to go that route, maybe it's actually best not to play it safe? Point being, you're already taking the reader out of their comfort zone to start with, so why not go all the way with it? Let the reader feel like they're on a seven day drug bender; let them know first-hand what it's like to take a life. Yes, you'll lose some readers that way, but if you're going to go a completely different route with a story, then embrace it. You can always go back and rewrite it in third or first.

Oh yeah, example of very effective second person writing is An Egg, which, once you get to the end, you'll see could really only have been written in 2p.