Referring to one's self in third person....
Greetings,
My wife (a programmer) and myself (an artist) are in the process of creating a new online portfolio for my various artwork and are butting heads regarding the information pages to be included. For most of these pages, I have referred to myself as "the artist"...for example, I might write something along the lines of "This gallery represents the artist's early work in 3D animation..." or "Here you can see the artist's fascination with nature and animals...", etc.. My thinking here is that someone viewing the website isn't going to know who wrote the information, as most people aren't actually web programmers and typically contract others to do the work for them, however my wife feels I should be addressing viewers directly, as it's my website and my work.
So...to cut to the chase here, which of us is right? Is it acceptable/appropriate to refer to one's self in this third person in the way I described here ...or should I be re-writing all of this?
I am grateful for ANY advice you can provide, as this has become something of an issue that needs to be resolved.
THANKS!
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Walczak Is it acceptable/appropriate to refer to one's self in this third person in the way I described here As described there, yes: readers will indeed think that someone else wrote the text. However, you might consider that some of your customers will discover that you wrote it yourself; they will then consider the text rather pompous. It is more candid—and friendlier, simpler, more direct and more contemporary—to use the first person singular.
- Walczak Is it acceptable/appropriate to refer to one's self in this third person in the way I described here As described there, yes: readers will indeed think that someone else wrote the text.
- However, you might consider that some of your customers will discover that you wrote it yourself; they will then consider the text rather pompous.
- It is more candid—and friendlier, simpler, more direct and more contemporary—to use the first person singular.
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Walczak Is it acceptable/appropriate to refer to one's self in this third person in the way I described here
As described there, yes: readers will indeed think that someone else wrote the text.
However, you might consider that some of your customers will discover that you wrote it yourself; they will then consider the text rather pompous. It is more
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