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Twitter. Teil I: Lose Gedanken zur Geschichte des Nanotextens

Nanoschreiben, Nanotexten, Nanodichten — Twitter und Anverwandte: Kommunikationsrubriken in Offertenblättern, Haiku, Nanonovels, Kurzgeschichten von John Barth.

My First Nanonovel

Fabia Maxima, Consul & General

A Nanonovel’s a Novel, After All

A nanonovel should be similar to regular novels in structure and content. You can squeeze a lot into a few words; check out Wired’s six-worders and Thaumatrope.

My First Nano-Concession

For a nanonovel, you have to stop being generous with regard to concessions to formal aspects. “The End” is out.

Brückenbau

Wo Literaturtheorie und Werbetexten sich berühren, weil die Frage danach, »wie« ein Text funktioniert, wichtig und nützlich ist fürs Werbetexten.

Hier gibt es nichts zu sehen …

Hinweis auf den historischen ersten Kuschelkautsch-Podcast auf dem Werbeblogger mit Roland Kühl-von Puttkamer und J. Martin

What’s a Nanonovel?

A new project: Nanonovels, published on Twitter. First novel to be delivered on twitter.com/nanonovelist soon.

The New Tag Order (No Black Helicopters)

Nur die Neuordnung meiner Tags. Nicht Beunruhigendes.

Still Collating

Word Count

How many words can I write in one month? The numbers are quite different between creative and academic writing.

Agony in 3… 2… 1

National Writing Month has started, but I’m still in my Personal Dissertation Writing Decade for my doctoral thesis.

The Big Word Project & Me: Hey, I’m on the Intertubes!

On his European tour, Paddy from the viral marketing campaign “The Big Word Project” interviewed several “Wordees,” among them yours truly.

Still Collating

Another One—Checked!

How to implement ESP into a science fiction novel when you’re convinced that ESP is completely bogus and has no place in our universe? Well, I just got an idea.

Reading Anxiety

Every time I’m reading a book that’s thematically close to what I’m sketching, I fear I’m about to discover that all my grand ideas are just yesterday’s news.

Hi, Ripley. This is Lieutenant Gorman of the… SLAM.

Tiny conceptual steps in the right direction: found a name for the principle military outfit in Cargo.

Oh Noes! Dis Plan …

Turns out, collateral tales is not working the way it was supposed to, and I had to thoroughly revise my plans.

Still Collating

Copy Writer’s War

Nach 120 Seiten von John Scalzis Old Man’s War wird klar, daß der ich-erzählende Protagonist in seinem Leben auf der Erde Werbetexter war.

Still Collating

The Reasons Why I Let a Good Publishing Opportunity Slip

Seven reasons why I let a good publishing opportunity slip and keep being glad about it.

Westwärts driften

Der Biorythmus von Menschen in Agenturen und warum so viele Schreiber und Webarbeiter immer weiter »westwärts« in die Nacht driften.

Cargo and The Big Word Project

Why I bought and redefined the word “cargo” at The Big Word Project to my home domain at www.gyokusai.com.