The biggest difference with Twitter and writing long form is you're part of a virtual community where you know people, or think you know them, through their links.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I do use texting as a great way to communicate quickly, but I don't Twitter or anything.
Social media is a giant distraction to the ultimate aim, which is honing your craft as a songwriter. There are people who are exceptional at it, however, and if you can do both things, then that's fantastic, but if you are a writer, the time is better spent on a clever lyric than a clever tweet.
Twitter was like a poem. It was rich, real and spontaneous. It really fit my style. In a year and a half, I tweeted 60,000 tweets, over 100,000 words. I spent a minimum eight hours a day on it, sometimes 24 hours.
Twitter has a several-hour advantage in getting information.
People communicate in Twittering ways. I've learned how to do that.
I do see an interest in writing for Twitter. While publishers still do love the novel and people do still like to sink into one, the very quick form is appealing because of the pace of life.
'What is Twitter?' has always been a tough question to answer.
Twitter is almost novelistic.
Twitter is an astounding platform for information, but it's a total blank slate - which means it's an astounding platform for disinformation, too.
When people come to Twitter and they want to express something in the world, the technology fades away. It's them writing a simple message and them knowing that people are going to see it.