Are writers dilly dallying round on Twitter when they should be writing and submitting their work for publication? Simon Wilson, editor of Metro, posited this and got some writerly hackles up. Hence this session Stop tweeting ... Commit! A Twitter Odyssey at the Auckland Writers Festival, and on Twitter, starring Russell Brown aka @publicaddress, Jolisa Gracewood @nzdodo, Simon Wilson @metromagnz and chaired by Janet Wilson @bespokemedia - and featuring The Real People in the audience, and on Twitter.
A Twitter queue starting & I am in it. @nzdodo & @publicaddress & a gauntlet thrown. Should be a goodie. #awf15 ^ DR
— ChChCityLibraries (@ChristchurchLib) May 16, 2015
"What is this queue for? The texting one?" Sort of! Stop tweeting yo. #awf15 ^DR
— ChChCityLibraries (@ChristchurchLib) May 16, 2015
Still some seats for our session at the back - come on over! #AWF2015 And the ironic official hashtag: #stoptweeting pic.twitter.com/393CmXnyKq
— Jolisa Gracewood (@nzdodo) May 16, 2015
Simon Wilson "I tweeted about this session and @gtiso said you aren't still flogging this dead horse are you?"#awf15 #stoptweeting
— Scuby (@scuba_nurse) May 17, 2015
Simon Wilson asks how many under 40s read the paper (in print) on Friday. Around three put their hand up. #StopTweeting #AWF15
— The Pantograph Punch (@pantographpunch) May 17, 2015
"I don't think writers shouldn't tweet, but I do think they should write." Simon Wilson. #awf15 #stoptweeting ^DR
— ChChCityLibraries (@ChristchurchLib) May 17, 2015
Shoutouts for @gtiso and @pantographpunch. Holler! #awf15 #stoptweeting ^DR
— ChChCityLibraries (@ChristchurchLib) May 17, 2015
In a rush to be first with the news we hear news b4 those who pay! @bespokemedia @publicaddress " it's also a bubble"#stoptweeting #awf15
— Victoria Carter (@vcarternz) May 17, 2015
Jolisa Gracewood - the idea of short, epigramic writing is not new. Telegrams. Coffee shops. #awf15 #stoptweeting
— Jenny May (@mayjem89) May 17, 2015
What links them is a voice. If the voice is strong, you will stay for the story. @nzdodo on tweets v longform. #awf15 #stoptweeting ^DR
— ChChCityLibraries (@ChristchurchLib) May 17, 2015
@ChristchurchLib @publicaddress The people in this @BBCRadio3 podcast would agree. pic.twitter.com/Nk0Olk7J8U
— Guy Somerset (@GuySomerset) May 17, 2015
Diversity is not adding 100's & 1000's on top of a cupcake ~ Jolisa Gracewood #AWF15 #stoptweeting
— jade (@jadeshearstone) May 17, 2015
Cool that @nzdodo's call for more diversity & authentic representation of NZ life is met with big applause by the #stoptweeting crowd #awf15
— Mikela Dennison (@MikelaPR) May 17, 2015
High praise for @TheWirelessNZ & @pantographpunch. @nzdodo is fantastic at picking quality writing. She is ace. #awf15 #stoptweeting ^DR
— ChChCityLibraries (@ChristchurchLib) May 17, 2015
Russell Brown aka @publicaddress at the #stoptweeting session. #awf15 ^DR pic.twitter.com/zN03TzrSgH
— ChChCityLibraries (@ChristchurchLib) May 17, 2015
. @naomiarnold as namechecked in #stoptweeting session http://t.co/BOBjEEdPPy On @BoganetteNZ @whaeapower and @_writehanded_ #AWF15 ^DR
— ChChCityLibraries (@ChristchurchLib) May 17, 2015
After the #stoptweeting session, I got cornered by the person whose "question" was basically "But screen time is rotting kids' brains!"
— The Blurst of Toms (@badtom) May 17, 2015
A few links for those at today's #awf15 event on long form journalism 1) Simon Wilson's Stop Tweeting & Do Some Work http://t.co/BPmIjxiBW7
— Metro (@MetroMagNZ) May 17, 2015
Another namechecked story at #awf15 - @naomiarnold on Wanderlust & relationships http://t.co/lcD2CHNzYP
— Metro (@MetroMagNZ) May 17, 2015
Another recommended story from today's #awf15 session on long form writing: Simon Farrell-Green on Beach Haven life http://t.co/TcJ5IPX6FF
— Metro (@MetroMagNZ) May 17, 2015
Thanks to @bespokemedia, @nzdodo and @MetroMagNZ (^SW) for a fun #stoptweeting session at #AWF15. Glad the under-20s in the crowd liked it.
— Russell Brown (@publicaddress) May 17, 2015
Late to #stoptweeting party; it's a wonderful, curious, cool narrative experience to read the thread of sis's panel after the fact. @nzdodo
— Gemma Gracewood (@gemmagracewood) May 17, 2015
This session was crackling with intelligence, but I wanted to hear more from the Yays.
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