12 September 2011
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Books and Poetry
Society of Authors launches Twitter campaign to promote short stories
On 14 September the Society of Authors will launch a short story tweetathon on #WriterWednesday. In a collaboration between top authors and tweeters, one story a week will be written via Twitter. Five, first-line contributions of varying genres will be tweeted from authors Simon Brett (The Feathering Mysteries), Neil Gaiman (American Gods), Joanne Harris (Chocolat), Ian Rankin (the Rebus novels) and Sarah Waters (The Night Watch).
Tweeters following the Society of Authors will be invited to complete the next four sentences. Every hour the best lines will be selected and the resulting short story will be published on the Society of Authors' website.
This campaign was created by the Society of Authors in response to the BBC short story cuts.
You can read full details on the Society of Authors website.
