https://dy-online.com/1st-person-3rd-person-tell-me-the-rules/ Trusted Art Business Coaching and Consulting Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:50:40 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://dy-online.com/1st-person-3rd-person-tell-me-the-rules/#comment-3021 Mon, 31 Aug 2009 04:05:11 +0000 http://artbizsuccess.com/2007/10/1st-person-3rd-person-tell-me-the-rules.html#comment-3021 […] 1st person or 3rd person? […]

]]> https://dy-online.com/1st-person-3rd-person-tell-me-the-rules/#comment-3020 Mon, 17 Aug 2009 14:01:26 +0000 http://artbizsuccess.com/2007/10/1st-person-3rd-person-tell-me-the-rules.html#comment-3020 […] 1st person or 3rd person? […]

]]> https://dy-online.com/1st-person-3rd-person-tell-me-the-rules/#comment-3019 Fri, 26 Oct 2007 04:20:01 +0000 http://artbizsuccess.com/2007/10/1st-person-3rd-person-tell-me-the-rules.html#comment-3019 Thanks for providing this information. I am writing an article for the newsletter of our local art league about writing a bio. I have been doing research to make sure I have my facts straight. First person or third person has been confusing to me in the past. This clears things up. I am constantly revising my husbands bio. I am now trying to add statements about each work to make his website more interesting and informative to visitors. http://www.PaulKeysar.com

]]> https://dy-online.com/1st-person-3rd-person-tell-me-the-rules/#comment-3018 Thu, 11 Oct 2007 01:16:56 +0000 http://artbizsuccess.com/2007/10/1st-person-3rd-person-tell-me-the-rules.html#comment-3018 Hi Alyson, I was writing my first ever grant application and had finished the resume (first I had written since my ’20s) – using your guidelines for help. Then I turned to tweak my bio and artist statement – which I have had and been making changes on for years … took a deep breath, and – oh, let’s check the email again before I dive in. Lo and behold .. an marketing newsletter from you titled “writing your bio and artist statement”! Pretty cool … so I read what you wrote before I tweaked. Thank you! ~ Diane Clancy http://www.dianeclancy.com/blog

]]> https://dy-online.com/1st-person-3rd-person-tell-me-the-rules/#comment-3017 Wed, 10 Oct 2007 19:41:50 +0000 http://artbizsuccess.com/2007/10/1st-person-3rd-person-tell-me-the-rules.html#comment-3017 Judy K: Read the book BRAG! It’s linked in my left column and is wonderful in helping you tell your story. Annette: Good point. Dan: Never hurts!

]]> https://dy-online.com/1st-person-3rd-person-tell-me-the-rules/#comment-3016 Wed, 10 Oct 2007 13:53:16 +0000 http://artbizsuccess.com/2007/10/1st-person-3rd-person-tell-me-the-rules.html#comment-3016 I wrote my online bio in the first person, but I titled it “About Daniel Sroka”: http://www.danielsroka.com/biography.php I agree, the grammar makes me cringe. But I did it for the kids.. I mean, the search engines. As the title for the page (in an H1 tag) I wanted to make sure that the search engines scanned the concept “About Daniel Sroka” instead of the more generic, but grammatically-correct “About me”. Does it really make a difference? I’m not sure, but it was worth a try.

]]> https://dy-online.com/1st-person-3rd-person-tell-me-the-rules/#comment-3015 Wed, 10 Oct 2007 13:25:51 +0000 http://artbizsuccess.com/2007/10/1st-person-3rd-person-tell-me-the-rules.html#comment-3015 “You can’t go wrong unless you have a bunch of type-os, use poor grammar, or are otherwise sloppy.” Alyson, you forgot spelling!. Typos, sloppy writing and poor grammar are red flags for me whether on blogs or websites yet I sometimes reread my own writing with a great big “Aarggh!” There may not be a great overseer, but your info will be less effective for your readers. I do agree that bios can be either first or third person if care is taken not to mix them and that the statement should be first person. However, for a combination, the ‘third person’ biographer can easily ‘quote’ the first person artist’s statement.

]]> https://dy-online.com/1st-person-3rd-person-tell-me-the-rules/#comment-3014 Wed, 10 Oct 2007 13:24:37 +0000 http://artbizsuccess.com/2007/10/1st-person-3rd-person-tell-me-the-rules.html#comment-3014 Thank you for this article. After reading it I went to my blog and realized I had only a one line bio! I’m having such a hard time trying to write about myself.

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