Such social media sites as Twitter have been instrumental, it seems, in the evolution of writing. Much more so, anyway, than I had realised.
Micro fiction - It is actually self-explanatory. A brief work of fiction.
The author of Stony River, suggests using a 140 character limit for micro fiction (taking her lead from Twitter's 140 character limit for updates), and utilises random cartoons and images for inspiration.
So I thought, little old me, that I could have a go.
If I get positive feedback I might make it a regular feature.
So here goes -
Edward's life had been completely dominated by all things written.
"Thankyou so much, Blogosphere! At least words won't leave me, like Ann!"
"Thankyou so much, Blogosphere! At least words won't leave me, like Ann!"
5 comments:
I love it! I hadn't really heard of this as an art form either, but it has fantastic potential. So far I've been resisting the lure of Twitter, but this is another tick in the "pro" column - what a fabulous idea for Tweets.
You are a buddy author! Bravo! Love the newspaper man pic!
Thanks guys.
Yeah Kelly, I can definately see the potential. I think I will have fun seeing where I go with it.
The newspaper man is FAB! I found the pic on stumblupon. I am really getting the hang of this social media stuff...well, almost.
I love that photo - and the story with it!
Cell phone novels are HUGE in Japan -- folks pay for them like subscriptions, paying a billed rate to receive a novel line by line. (google Japanese cell phone novels to see what I mean)
The end of my Microfiction Monday post has several Twitter markets for 140-character fiction, where you can actually get paid a dollar or so per microfiction; some of mine have been published by Tweet the Meat and Seedpod, go figure.
Everything in the world's getting small it seems, even fiction!
Oh Susan, I am glad you like it.
I am not sure about me going out and doing it as a source of income, but it is definately fun.
Thank you for the inspiration. Keep up your good work.
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