[header] How to write in third person [title] Use third person for all academic writing. [step] For formal writing, such as research and argumentative papers, use the third person. Third person makes your writing more objective and less personal. 
For academic and professional writing, this sense of objectivity allows the writer to seem less biased and, therefore, more credible. [substeps] Third person helps the writing stay focused on facts and evidence instead of personal opinion.