Learn how to write in the third, second and first person. Watch videos on English tenses in this KS1 Bitesize English guide. ... NARRATOR. There are three different ways to tell a story.

Picture this: you're reading a story and suddenly realize it's talking directly to you. Not at you, but to you. You're making decisions. You're feeling emotions. You're living the narrative.

I can tell a story in the third person or in the first person, and perhaps in the second person singular, or in the first person plural, though successful examples of these latter two are rare indeed.