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Using 140 characters at a time Rick Moody kicks of his new tale. The idea was first suggested to him by an innovative new magazine called " Electric Literature". So far there have been 174 tweets from the author who will be tweeting every 10 minutes with a break at night.
What role twitter will play in contemporary literature is left to be seen. There seems to be some direction with authors now able to create stories with 140 letter characters at a time. He is tweeting from the "Electric Literature" twitter homepage and can be found here.
I am sure this would be good for short story writers. Maybe more authors would do the same thing and bring a cultural revolution to our generation. Will people really want to read a story on twitter?
What role twitter will play in contemporary literature is left to be seen. There seems to be some direction with authors now able to create stories with 140 letter characters at a time. He is tweeting from the "Electric Literature" twitter homepage and can be found here.
I am sure this would be good for short story writers. Maybe more authors would do the same thing and bring a cultural revolution to our generation. Will people really want to read a story on twitter?
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