Maybe in the sprit of the “cell phone novel” reported on in this past week’s New Yorker, Tom Scharpling, host of my favorite radio program ever, “The Best Show on WFMU” (it really is both of those things) is now writing a novel, ‘Fuel Dump’ on his Twitter feed.
So far, a character named Michael Richards, a celebrity of sorts, seems to be in a very dark mood despite his lavish surroundings, as he remembers mistakes of the past. Though I only know names like “Brentwood” and “La Cienega” from reading L.A. crime files of the rich and famous, I feel like I’m there with Michael as he complains about his GPS system’s fickleness. I really hope this novel continues to develop. What other creative writing is developing on Twitter? I’d love to hear about it!
check out Joy Motel: an accidental brainstream from the wrong side of the universe.
2 tweeters are writing edgy, dreamlike sci-fi in real time on Twitter in 140 character bursts and reposting it in sequence on a blog.
I’ll have to admit, after comparing the two (along with several others) mentioned in a Boston Phoenix article, I gotta go with Joy Motel. It reads like a data stream. Fuel Dump is a noble attempt, but I think Joy Motel nails it.
I plan to begin tweeting my novel entitled “The Guardian” to RLOGYprof on Twitter early June. The sci-fi novel follows an archaeologist and her crew as they find an artifact that is not of this world. The plan is to tweet in real time. The novel will play out over the summer as the events unfold on the site.
sorry. It will be tweeted on RKLOGYprof.
I plan to begin tweeting my novel entitled “The Guardian” to RKLOGYprof on Twitter early June. The sci-fi novel follows an archaeologist and her crew as they find an artifact that is not of this world. The plan is to tweet in real time. The novel will play out over the summer as the events unfold on the site.