I can see how Twitter is a perfect fit for genuine flash fiction, where the form (140-character bursts) meshes wholly with the function (epigrammatism), but the problem with a longer story is that the medium isn't integral to the work itself, and ends up as nothing more than a quirky/clunky method of delivery.
Thursday, May 31, 2012
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… Twitter is a clunky way of delivering fiction | Books | guardian.co.uk. (Hat tip, Rus Bowden.)
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However, Twitter conversations and threads can be automatically made into a seamless website by Storify, I have seen this done reasonably well in scientific areas, though not sure how it would work for fiction.
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DeleteWhy bother with Twitter then? Just use a blog or website.