Comments on: A Novelist’s Journey into Darkest Twitter http://writeabetternovel.net/more-on-twitter-for-fiction-writers/ Practical wisdom for novelists and other storytellers Thu, 19 Apr 2012 03:32:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Danielle Ingram http://writeabetternovel.net/more-on-twitter-for-fiction-writers/comment-page-1/#comment-1378 Danielle Ingram Tue, 04 Aug 2009 07:44:12 +0000 http://truevoice-blog.com/?p=921#comment-1378 The points that you made towards the bottom of your post are completely correct. Twitter is great for getting your target readership to visit your site/engage with you. It can be an extension of a blog or a place where you jot down all of your thoughts. Either way Twitter has proven to be an influential marketing tool. The points that you made towards the bottom of your post are completely correct. Twitter is great for getting your target readership to visit your site/engage with you. It can be an extension of a blog or a place where you jot down all of your thoughts. Either way Twitter has proven to be an influential marketing tool.

]]> By: Bill Henderson http://writeabetternovel.net/more-on-twitter-for-fiction-writers/comment-page-1/#comment-387 Bill Henderson Mon, 02 Mar 2009 03:22:14 +0000 http://truevoice-blog.com/?p=921#comment-387 Twitter is great to write TO, because the 140 character limitation forces you to think fully about each step forward. But I agree it's not an ideal way to read an extended narrative. A story that starts with the ending would still appear tweet by tweet, the opening last. Again, not good reading. Probably the best type of story to publish on Twitter would be one starting with an ending that's actually the story's beginning. Not to go Zen on you, I just mean a story that moves backward in time. I can think of a couple of recent novels that work that way: Martin Amis's TIME'S ARROW, and Daniel Wallace's RAY IN REVERSE, both nicely done but, for me, painful to read. I think the best way to post a draft on the web is to blog it in chunks--maybe a couple of chapters per post, with clear navigation links to make reading it in the right direction easy. Example: an novel I have in progress now: http://regeneratingjeff.com Twitter is great to write TO, because the 140 character limitation forces you to think fully about each step forward. But I agree it’s not an ideal way to read an extended narrative. A story that starts with the ending would still appear tweet by tweet, the opening last. Again, not good reading. Probably the best type of story to publish on Twitter would be one starting with an ending that’s actually the story’s beginning. Not to go Zen on you, I just mean a story that moves backward in time. I can think of a couple of recent novels that work that way: Martin Amis’s TIME’S ARROW, and Daniel Wallace’s RAY IN REVERSE, both nicely done but, for me, painful to read. I think the best way to post a draft on the web is to blog it in chunks–maybe a couple of chapters per post, with clear navigation links to make reading it in the right direction easy. Example: an novel I have in progress now: http://regeneratingjeff.com

]]> By: Jim McCormick http://writeabetternovel.net/more-on-twitter-for-fiction-writers/comment-page-1/#comment-383 Jim McCormick Sat, 28 Feb 2009 17:22:31 +0000 http://truevoice-blog.com/?p=921#comment-383 Having posted a novel at twitter at http:// twitter.com/talkingcat I saw there is a different problem with comprehension in a backward reading story. I needed to post a "real" version at http://pick2prod.com Much easier to read that way. The story was written by my late wife who would have loved the idea of publishing on twitter. But having said that, she would have also loved to figure the plot for a story that starts with the ending. Having posted a novel at twitter at
http:// twitter.com/talkingcat I saw there is a different problem with comprehension in a
backward reading story. I needed to post a “real” version at http://pick2prod.com Much easier to read that way. The story was written by my late wife who would have loved the idea of publishing on twitter. But having said that, she would have also loved to figure the plot for a story that starts with the ending.

]]> By: Stormy http://writeabetternovel.net/more-on-twitter-for-fiction-writers/comment-page-1/#comment-337 Stormy Mon, 09 Feb 2009 01:57:03 +0000 http://truevoice-blog.com/?p=921#comment-337 I actually really like Twitter. Mostly I use it to tell my friends when I've blogged or write random cool things about my writing. I think it can be a great tool for writers as an accountability tool. If you have friends that care (or, even if you don't) it's a great way to say "I met my goal today/this week/this month", which creates a sense of being accountable for reaching those writing goals. And I loved the Twitter Whore video! Nice. ;) I actually really like Twitter. Mostly I use it to tell my friends when I’ve blogged or write random cool things about my writing. I think it can be a great tool for writers as an accountability tool. If you have friends that care (or, even if you don’t) it’s a great way to say “I met my goal today/this week/this month”, which creates a sense of being accountable for reaching those writing goals.

And I loved the Twitter Whore video! Nice. ;)

]]> By: Bill Henderson http://writeabetternovel.net/more-on-twitter-for-fiction-writers/comment-page-1/#comment-325 Bill Henderson Fri, 16 Jan 2009 15:29:32 +0000 http://truevoice-blog.com/?p=921#comment-325 And f you want to be really nerdy about it, there are several apps out there that will change your Facebook status with your latest Twitter update or vice versa. I'm still waiting for the Twitter plugin that will pour me a drink every time I update. And f you want to be really nerdy about it, there are several apps out there that will change your Facebook status with your latest Twitter update or vice versa. I’m still waiting for the Twitter plugin that will pour me a drink every time I update.

]]> By: spyscribbler http://writeabetternovel.net/more-on-twitter-for-fiction-writers/comment-page-1/#comment-324 spyscribbler Fri, 16 Jan 2009 08:07:19 +0000 http://truevoice-blog.com/?p=921#comment-324 A bar, yes! I love twitter. I don't twit as much as I'd like, or read as many tweets as I'd like, but it's fun. I like Facebook better, though, I think. Sometimes I update the same things in both places, sometimes different in each. I just do it. Some day, I'll probably be more focused about it! A bar, yes! I love twitter. I don’t twit as much as I’d like, or read as many tweets as I’d like, but it’s fun. I like Facebook better, though, I think. Sometimes I update the same things in both places, sometimes different in each. I just do it. Some day, I’ll probably be more focused about it!

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