1. I was told I should proof-read my tweets (and especially twitter essays) more carefully. Some thoughts on pro & con.
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2. I try to make these twitter essays as much like spontaneous talk as possible. Don't think through topic till I write, respond to others.
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3. The necessary fiction of the twitter essay (for me) is that I'm talking at a crowded table. Making my points & responding to others.
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4. The model of an on-going conversation means each tweet has to be in some sense un-premeditated. It's talking via social media.
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5. So even though these twitter essays are getting widely read, I resist push to professionalize them (or god help us monetize them).
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6. I have other venues where I can craft prose that is more carefully hammered out, stress-tested & corrected. Twitter should be different
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7. It's the spontaneity of thoughts in formation -- caterpillars becoming butterflies -- that I admire in other peoples tweet essays.
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@carolelarsen "Think on your tweet" is a lovely phrase.
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