Comments on: The Bean, the Brew and the Buzz: A Twitter Creative Writing Experiment.

By: A List of Creative Projects Past and Future. | Mind on Fire

A List of Creative Projects Past and Future. | Mind on Fire — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 07:34:36 +0000

[...] 9. 2009.06: I began experimenting with Twitter as a story telling tool, and came up with The Bean, The Brew, The Buzz. [...]

By: chosha

chosha — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 20:57:17 +0000

That’s a cool writing technique, especially that you are writing it in pieces rather than simply posting it in pieces. I might try that sometime.

By: xJane

xJane — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 15:07:56 +0000

I really like the idea of this—especially in light of the constraints that you’ve placed upon yourself. It reminds me of Danielewski: very pomo, very exploring new media. I just ran across (and haven’t the link for) a “blog” that is written as the diary of Jonathan Harker. It’s being posted in real-time, so what gets posted in May (2009) is what happened in May in Dracula. Again, an interesting exploration of new media, even if it is simply a retelling of a well-known story.

By: G

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 16:55:11 +0000

awesome.
as a lazy low-tech neophyte twitter user, let me express my deep appreciation for this handy all at once (user friendly) assemblage of your story tweets.
LOVE IT.
(and was very tantalized every time I was lucky enough to catch one in my feed)

[dude... CAPTCHA hates me.]

By: Bob

Bob — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 13:13:32 +0000

John,
Coffee is coffee…but the mug…(Here’s a lift to you.)
I have my year supply of it…does that count?

By: angryyoungwoman

angryyoungwoman — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:26:08 +0000

I love it so much!!!! I’m already totally at the edge of my seat waiting for the next tweet. You’re so clever.

By: ECS

ECS — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:14:17 +0000

I love this idea! I noticed some of these Jesus Coffee tweets on your FB status updates and thought they were clever – especially the one where Jesus is doomed by his perfectionism. Ha!

I was going to make a joke about how your twitter writing project is the reverse of Dickens because Dickens was paid by the word and you’re limited to only 140 characters. According to wikiansers, however, the Dickens story is a myth. Still – this is a fun project! Looking forward to reading more.

By: Alli

Alli — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 19:36:07 +0000

I WONDERED what these were. I kind of like random tweets and random conversation, so I never really tried to put it together as I often randomly tweet a bit of a story or song I’ve got in my head. This is so fun John!