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Social Networking: Tweeter Novels
Saturday, April 10, 2010 @ 7:03 PM
I bet everyone knows what are social networking sites, like Facebook, Friendster, MySpace, Hi5 etc..
and yes micro-blogging.. TWEETER!  Something interesting caught my eye. And that's the trend of Tweeter Novels. Tagline: A slice of life (a slice everyday) Similar to the Japanese Handphone novels/fiction(keitai shousetus). Tweeter novellers update their tweeter novel with a sentence(since Tweeter character limit is 160) every day. I find that pretty interesting, sort of like adding a little bit of something everyday and finally something BIG is created. Plus it is pretty convenient since Tweeter apps can be downloaded and updates can be done ANYWHERE,ANYTIME!   Check out Slice - A novel put out by Penguin Books was the story of a girl and her parents and was delivered by serialized LiveJournal and Twitter postings. Here are some Twitter Novel Tips: 1. Throw Out The Manuscript Twitter is instantaneous. Serializing a manuscript may be easy, but trying to contract and make logical sense of it in 140 character bursts is not. By doing this, you limit the flexibility that Twitter grants in presenting your fiction. Start fresh. 2. Have A Plan Although there’s no need for a manuscript, you should know where the story is going. I found writing a scene for a play to be more helpful than translating a manuscript for Twitter. The formatting for a scene provides more freedom to work within the spaces you’ve created and allow the story to grow organically. Don’t hesitate to explore. 3. Manage The Clock What’s great about a Twitter novel is that your content is no longer static. Depending on how committed you are, you could have events happen in real time using services like Tweetlater. 4. Not Just Story. Events If a character is mugged at 6am, you could post a police announcement on the Twitter novel looking for the perpetrator. What are the characters listening to on the radio? Is someone calling them that’s important to the story? Use Twitpic to show a photo of one of your friends or an actor to show the reader who is calling or what the mugger looks like. The post doesn’t have to be from your outline, it could be something within the environment that adds to the story. 5. Don’t Bury The Lead More than five Twitter posts on any given day can be dangerous. You’ll induce reader fatigue, and new readers will get lost quickly. There’s an assumption that many of your Twitter followers will enjoy your work while on the go, so their time to take in a novel may be limited to short bursts. Focus on each post’s quality and … 6. Move It Forward Simply put: Each tweet should move the story forward in some way. If it doesn’t, cut it. 7. Newbies And Greenhorns Finally, you may have readers follow you after the novel has started. I recommend setting up a simple website that contains the story’s updates from where it began. Include this link on your Twitter page. Occasionally remind readers on days that you do not update that they can catch up at this website. Many Japanese Handphone/mobile novels(keitai shousetus) have been published and some even made into films. What do you think of your tweeter novel being on the big screens? Or if you are a writer (novels, scripts..) just tweet and see how people react or feedback on your work. After all tweeter is FREE! and I definitely think it is a great way to get comments and get ideas from other readers. hmm or if you are a budding writer, start tweeting! You never know when you get talent scouted! :) I am off to start my very own Tweet Novel.
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