Fiction Twitterature

arjun basu, @ajunbasu





nick belardes, @smallplaces





robert k. blechman, @rkbs_twitstery

the twitter novel form of fiction can extend on hundreds of tweets tell longer story. twitter novels can run months, 1 or more tweets daily. context maintained unique hashtag: searching produces list of available tweets in series. serials posted in short updates encourage reader follow , speculate on next installment. examples include small places, written nick belardes using twitter account @smallplaces. small places began on april 25, 2008 tweet shown on right. example executive severance, written robert k. blechman using twitter account @rkbs_twitstery. executive severance, book 1 of twitstery twilogy , first live-tweeted twitter comic mystery, or twitstery , began on may 6, 2009 tweet shown. golden parachute, twitstery twilogy book 2, appeared kindle ebook in 2016 , tweet, therefore am, concluding book 3, released in 2017 traditionally published authors such jennifer egan , david mitchell have attempted twitter novel. jennifer egan s black box , first published in 500 tweets in 2012, , david mitchell s right sort , first published 300 tweets sent on 1 week in 2014. author of twitter novel unknown readers. twitter account name can character in story or pseudonym. anonymity creates air of authenticity.






neil gaiman

collaborative works: neil gaiman coined term interactive twovel experiment in involving twitter followers in collaborating him on novel. conducted bbc america audio books. first tweet gaiman shown on right. then, invited readers continue story under hashtag #bbcawdio. result published audiobook under title hearts, keys , puppetry, author given neil gaiman & twitterverse. teju cole sent lines short story hafiz other twitter users , retweeted them assemble story.




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