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Crowdsourcing creative writing on Twitter

Dan Thornton | December 6, 2009

For every criticism of the presumed mindless nature of Twitter conversation, it’s just as easy to find it being used in an interesting and useful way.

For instance, published author Jeff Kirvin wasn’t sure of the way to kill a character in his current work, so he put the question out on Twitter. (HT Steve Rubel). And out of the suggestions he received he found some that might work, and enough to get him thinking more (Read more interesting details on brainstorming with the hive mind).

Not only is this an example of Twitter aiding creativity, which is a counterpoint to the idea that microblogging kills writing and full-length blogging, but it also shows an example of someone who isn’t hiding his work away until it’s complete – because, after all, the people tweeting suggestions aren’t likely to suddenlly find the drive to crank out 50,000+ words. So why worry about sharing some details and asking for some suggestions?

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Agreed. I think its a great channel to get input

jMac | December 6, 2009

Agreed. I think its a great channel to get input and drive collaboration. It's what I am trying to encourage with collapporative.com (still in its infancy). I reckon its a sign of how more biz will be done in the future..

There really is a lot of scope for creativity in

Pete | December 9, 2009

There really is a lot of scope for creativity in Twitter messages, and it doesn't just have to be text!
For example, you can now tweet a complete custom music mix or track via Mixtikl 2, which we released yesterday…
http://www.intermorphic.com

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