Saturday, August 22, 2009

Will Twitter Kill Literature?

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There was a time when the world was rich with literature. Words flowed from the minds of writers and could make a huge impact on the reader. Now except few authors we find that not many are getting new books sold in quantity. What will the upsurge in usage of Twitter do to the already dismal scene?

Remember when blogging was popular? There were many who used to blog with lengthy posts and had readers who read these blogs. Some still survive, but many have turned to twitter. Technology is taking a toll over writing. The number of words that one may write is now limited. No body has time to calmly read a lengthy post and enjoy the play of words. Everybody is in rush. That is one reason of the great success of twitter. It would not have done so well a decade ago when we were still interested in slow work. Now we are all in hurry. Mails are getting shorter, exchanges are taking the route of mobile phones and everybody wants to reach somewhere as quickly as possible. Twitter helps all of us doing that.

Can you think of a great author for example Bernard Shaw or Shakespeare writing on twitter? Imagine the compositions that would have resulted! To write and to enjoy reading one needs plenty of time. I remember looking at drafts of a book by PG Wodehouse. The author went back and corrected himself many times. A computer connected to Internet that demands quick response will not help us in such writings. it is Twittering bow. People are telling how they are enjoying a cup of coffee or how they loved a movie and so on. Number of words that are limited will obviously threaten one who is thinking of sharing something lengthy that he/she wrote. Will Twitter Kill Literature?

The author likes to write text messages and advises for internet and social networking content like twitter backgrounds and myspace comments. He also writes quizzes on subjects like relationship, personality, etc.


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