Use of first person in a book

[Jarrett Billingsley]

On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 4:30 PM, Lutger <lutger.blijdestijn at gmail.com> wrote:

>> I guess it just goes in the ever growing bag of rules we all blindly
>> apply and never understand why. For one, I couldn't imagine this
>> newsgroup if the first-person was banned from use :)
>
> The texts I find most inspirational are mostly witty or lively in one way or
> another, even if they are very technical. I believe it is because the author
> is passionate about the subject and cannot help but convey the pleasure they
> take in it.

Precisely. For the very same reason, those same people make excellent
lecturers and professors.