ENG 207.007 - Beginner’s Workshop in Imaginative Writing: Creative Writing in Digital Spaces is a creative writing workshop and course that explores creative composition and literary arts in digital spaces. The course will also require students to create a portfolio of digital writing. The theoretical aspects of this course will demonstrate how digital writing and tools serve as a source of inspiration for a variety of twenty-first century literatures.
Friday, October 11, 2013
Adventures in Twitter Fiction
Greetings, Class Community. I thought you might enjoy this TED video about twitter fiction. It may provide some inspiration for your class presentation.
Personally I was more interested in the Ted Talk, Adventures in Twitter by Andrew Fitzgerald. The content was more relatable to me because it involved a social media site (Twitter) that i and my generation are very involved with. I found it interesting that the story was told through Twitter posts by separate people but on the same topic. When i was still in high school, if something dramatic happened i knew it was important/true based upon how many people posted on it. Twitter is a common tool for my generation to pass along information. You started to understand what happened more when you saw more tweets. I really enjoyed this display or writing in digital spaces.
I have a twitter account and use it frequently so this presentation was more interesting for me. I was able to relate and connect more to what he was saying. I liked how he compared the ways news outlets are changing, from broadcast radio to now breaking news being posted on twitter in less than 140 characters. For example now if a major event happens, and enough people post about it becomes a "trending topic" on twitter. This is kinda cool to see other people's view points and reactions, whereas with regular news you're only seeing/hearing about it from a select group. It was also interesting to see how news from decades ago would've been published on blogging sites like twitter back then.
The TED talk was very informative regarding writing fiction on Twitter and discussed some things I hadn't heard of before. I especially liked the usage of multiple character accounts to create a story rather than delivering the fiction line by line. Using multiple accounts in that manner creates a richer atmospehere and leaves a reader wondering whether or not a story is "real" or "fake". Twitter is a limiting delivery system but it's interesting how many different ways fiction, and even creative non-fiction, is being delivered on it
I do not agree. Although it did give insight as to how a story can be told through twitter posts. I thought it was a creative idea but not interesting for me. I feel like all we hear about now is twitter and I'm ready for something new, something completely different.
Out of the two, this appealed to me more. I consider myself an avid Twitter-user and as such it greatly interests me in the various ways that Twitter can and has been used as a platform for creative writing. On my own I've discovered a few Twitter accounts dedicated to producing short stories within the 140 character limit format. I feel that often creativity will be increased and yield an interesting product when confined to certain restrictions.
I enjoyed hearing the perspectives from someone without a twitter account, and I understand how it did not "spark" much interest in you, but I encourage you to perhaps at least give twitter a try. Not necessarily from a social media aspect, but to keep you up to date on the "breaking news" in the world. This is what I use it for, and I find it to be only helpful.
Though this did not spark much interest in me and my creativity, I did find it amusing to some degree. I have never noticed the link between "old-timey" radio episodes and today's twitter statuses. A very interesting development in technology. Even though the avenues are becoming better and closer to our fingertips, the 'episodes' still interest an audience.
This Ted Talk was relatable to me because I have a twitter, although I don't use it very often. I get on and read people's tweets and to hear the different things about Adventures in Twitter by Andrew Fitzgerald in this Ted Talk allowed me to see a different method of using twitter. I did not find this one as intriguing as Before the River. Although this twitter presentation is more relatable and I learned a different use for twitter, I think twitter is the same all around and I feel like all we hear about now is twitter.
it made it relatable for me too since i have a twitter. but i don't feel annoyed by the topic of twitter yet! i think this was very original and something i haven't seen before!
I liked how Fitzgerald showed that Twitter can be used as a way to present writing. Using one or more accounts to tell a story seems to me like a form of a play in which each character can have their own voice with the description of themselves as twitter pages and twitter handles instead of the physical attributes. Twitter and other social media sites are the way we communicate now so it is interesting that people are beginning to share stories with them.
I agree with your post! Twitter is definitely becoming a way for people to communicate with one another. I also agree that its interesting people are beginning to share stories through twitter, like through parody pages.
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ReplyDeletePersonally I was more interested in the Ted Talk, Adventures in Twitter by Andrew Fitzgerald. The content was more relatable to me because it involved a social media site (Twitter) that i and my generation are very involved with. I found it interesting that the story was told through Twitter posts by separate people but on the same topic. When i was still in high school, if something dramatic happened i knew it was important/true based upon how many people posted on it. Twitter is a common tool for my generation to pass along information. You started to understand what happened more when you saw more tweets. I really enjoyed this display or writing in digital spaces.
ReplyDeleteI have a twitter account and use it frequently so this presentation was more interesting for me. I was able to relate and connect more to what he was saying. I liked how he compared the ways news outlets are changing, from broadcast radio to now breaking news being posted on twitter in less than 140 characters. For example now if a major event happens, and enough people post about it becomes a "trending topic" on twitter. This is kinda cool to see other people's view points and reactions, whereas with regular news you're only seeing/hearing about it from a select group. It was also interesting to see how news from decades ago would've been published on blogging sites like twitter back then.
ReplyDeleteThe TED talk was very informative regarding writing fiction on Twitter and discussed some things I hadn't heard of before. I especially liked the usage of multiple character accounts to create a story rather than delivering the fiction line by line. Using multiple accounts in that manner creates a richer atmospehere and leaves a reader wondering whether or not a story is "real" or "fake". Twitter is a limiting delivery system but it's interesting how many different ways fiction, and even creative non-fiction, is being delivered on it
ReplyDeleteI do not agree. Although it did give insight as to how a story can be told through twitter posts. I thought it was a creative idea but not interesting for me. I feel like all we hear about now is twitter and I'm ready for something new, something completely different.
DeleteOut of the two, this appealed to me more. I consider myself an avid Twitter-user and as such it greatly interests me in the various ways that Twitter can and has been used as a platform for creative writing. On my own I've discovered a few Twitter accounts dedicated to producing short stories within the 140 character limit format. I feel that often creativity will be increased and yield an interesting product when confined to certain restrictions.
ReplyDeleteWhile this was informative I wasn't that interested. Maybe it's due to the fact that I don't use Twitter?
ReplyDeleteI agree with you Ashly. I do not use Twitter either, so everything he was talking about didn't interest me in the least.
DeleteI enjoyed hearing the perspectives from someone without a twitter account, and I understand how it did not "spark" much interest in you, but I encourage you to perhaps at least give twitter a try. Not necessarily from a social media aspect, but to keep you up to date on the "breaking news" in the world. This is what I use it for, and I find it to be only helpful.
DeleteThough this did not spark much interest in me and my creativity, I did find it amusing to some degree. I have never noticed the link between "old-timey" radio episodes and today's twitter statuses. A very interesting development in technology. Even though the avenues are becoming better and closer to our fingertips, the 'episodes' still interest an audience.
ReplyDeleteThis Ted Talk was relatable to me because I have a twitter, although I don't use it very often. I get on and read people's tweets and to hear the different things about Adventures in Twitter by Andrew Fitzgerald in this Ted Talk allowed me to see a different method of using twitter. I did not find this one as intriguing as Before the River. Although this twitter presentation is more relatable and I learned a different use for twitter, I think twitter is the same all around and I feel like all we hear about now is twitter.
ReplyDeleteit made it relatable for me too since i have a twitter. but i don't feel annoyed by the topic of twitter yet! i think this was very original and something i haven't seen before!
DeleteI liked how Fitzgerald showed that Twitter can be used as a way to present writing. Using one or more accounts to tell a story seems to me like a form of a play in which each character can have their own voice with the description of themselves as twitter pages and twitter handles instead of the physical attributes. Twitter and other social media sites are the way we communicate now so it is interesting that people are beginning to share stories with them.
ReplyDeleteI agree with your post! Twitter is definitely becoming a way for people to communicate with one another. I also agree that its interesting people are beginning to share stories through twitter, like through parody pages.
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