Comments on: { Twitter novels: when will they be the next big thing? } http://www.disassociated.com/2009/02/09/twitter-novels-when-will-they-be-the-next-big-thing/ personal website of John Lampard, Sydney based content producer and link mogul Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:14:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: John Lampard http://www.disassociated.com/2009/02/09/twitter-novels-when-will-they-be-the-next-big-thing/comment-page-1/#comment-19858 John Lampard Sun, 01 Mar 2009 13:11:28 +0000 http://www.disassociated.com/?p=3699#comment-19858 The reverse sequence of story telling is definitely an issue for Twitter novelists, and it's something I've seen mentioned a couple of times. I'm thinking a Twitter novel would have to be more of on-going story (possibly a little like a soap-opera) where a reader could jump in at any point and get up to speed reasonably quickly. It could almost be a fictional version of an actual Twitter stream and possibly have no actual ending, like a TV soap-opera. The reverse sequence of story telling is definitely an issue for Twitter novelists, and it’s something I’ve seen mentioned a couple of times.

I’m thinking a Twitter novel would have to be more of on-going story (possibly a little like a soap-opera) where a reader could jump in at any point and get up to speed reasonably quickly.

It could almost be a fictional version of an actual Twitter stream and possibly have no actual ending, like a TV soap-opera.

]]> By: Jim McCormick http://www.disassociated.com/2009/02/09/twitter-novels-when-will-they-be-the-next-big-thing/comment-page-1/#comment-19848 Jim McCormick Sat, 28 Feb 2009 16:36:17 +0000 http://www.disassociated.com/?p=3699#comment-19848 Having posted a novel on twitter as talkingcat at http://twitter.com/talkingcat I found that keeping up with the story in reverse order is very hard. I needed to post a forward reading version also. The story "Cowboy" was written by my wife who had passed away in 2007. She would have loved the idea of this type of project. Having posted a novel on twitter as talkingcat at http://twitter.com/talkingcat I found that keeping up with the story in reverse order is very hard. I needed to post a forward reading version also. The story “Cowboy” was written by my wife who had passed away in 2007. She would have loved the idea of this type of project.

]]> By: John Lampard http://www.disassociated.com/2009/02/09/twitter-novels-when-will-they-be-the-next-big-thing/comment-page-1/#comment-19712 John Lampard Mon, 09 Feb 2009 01:21:35 +0000 http://www.disassociated.com/?p=3699#comment-19712 Remember it's all in the execution, the exploits of a promiscuous cat *just* may make for riveting reading. :) Remember it’s all in the execution, the exploits of a promiscuous cat *just* may make for riveting reading. :)

]]> By: pei http://www.disassociated.com/2009/02/09/twitter-novels-when-will-they-be-the-next-big-thing/comment-page-1/#comment-19711 pei Mon, 09 Feb 2009 00:43:33 +0000 http://www.disassociated.com/?p=3699#comment-19711 For someone with short attention span, it will be a big thing to me. Though, not sure about a story on a lovelorn pet... For someone with short attention span, it will be a big thing to me. Though, not sure about a story on a lovelorn pet…

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