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Twitter length stories
Having read Kazza's post about the New Yorker magazine publishing Jennifer Egan's short story on Twitter and their hilarious takes on classics summarised in Tweet form, I was thinking that we could steal, a bit, the idea and have a go at writing our own summaries of either a particular Sherlock episode or an original Sherlock Holmes story.
I reckon people can just have a go at any episode or story they want setting them out like the examples below but maybe leaving out the author's name?
Here are some of the, frankly, brilliant examples from the New Yorker post:
2. Moby Dick by Herman Melville
One-legged sailor seeks single white whale. #Revenge
9. The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells
Now you see me. Now you don't. Plot's good but character development is full of holes. #Hollowman
10. The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkein
Road trip with friends who are weighed down with bad bling.#Hobbitforming
Hopefully we can have a bit of fun with these.
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- Davina
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Re: Twitter length stories
Oh...a Tweet has a maximum length of 140 characters for anyone who isn't familiar with them.
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Thread Starter- Tantalus
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Re: Twitter length stories
May I demonstrate my fuddy-duddy-ness, and ask what the rules for "Twitter"ing are?
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"Perfectly sound analysis. I was hoping you would go a little deeper."
- m0r1arty
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Re: Twitter length stories
The Blind Banker
WTF?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
-m0r
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- Tantalus
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Re: Twitter length stories
Well, I timed that just perfectly, didn't I? : )
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- Davina
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Re: Twitter length stories
I am now laughing so much at The Blind Banker one I cannot think! What's your # for that one m0r?
crying with laughter!
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Thread Starter- Irene Adler
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Re: Twitter length stories
m0r1arty wrote:
The Blind Banker
WTF?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
-m0r
Oh God... I can't stop laughing... Oh my God, this is SO good 
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Waiting for a crazy man in a blue box to fall from the sky...
But the thing is, we've taken away all the things that can possibly have happened, so I suppose the only thing that's left, even though it seems really weird, must be the thing that did happen, in fact. (Miss Marple)
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Re: Twitter length stories
I'm glad that some good has come from that episode then 
-m0r
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Re: Twitter length stories
Here's one:
A study in pink
Boy meets boy, moves in with him and have a lot of fun while catching killers #alarmingshadeofpink
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Waiting for a crazy man in a blue box to fall from the sky...
But the thing is, we've taken away all the things that can possibly have happened, so I suppose the only thing that's left, even though it seems really weird, must be the thing that did happen, in fact. (Miss Marple)
- Davina
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Re: Twitter length stories
M0r it was supposed to be a summary of the story not a review! Lol #weallknowwhatyouthinkofthatepisodenow
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Re: Twitter length stories
A Scandal in Bohemia
The Woman beats the Man at the Game while the King loses face and the Doctor adds a page to his files. (sorry; don't know what the # thing is about)
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M0r it was supposed to be a summary of the story not a review! Lol #weallknowwhatyouthinkofthatepisodenow
Please, feel free to try and provide a better summary!
Tantalus, the # is known as the 'hashtag' and it's what people add to their posts to generate 'trending' which means lots of people 'tweeting' about the same topic.
I know, I don't understand it either!
-m0r
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Re: Twitter length stories
A Study in Pink
Mad cabbie plays pill-popping chess. Meets his match with sharp-shooting doc. #fullmetaljacket
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Thread Starter- tobeornot221b
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Re: Twitter length stories
Sherlock BBC
Pink.Paint.Pool.Woman.Hound.Fall#besttvseriesever
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John: "Have you spoken to Mycroft, Molly, uh, anyone?"
Mrs Hudson: "They don’t matter. You do."
I BELIEVE IN SERIES 5!
- Davina
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P.S. I don't really understand #either! Cannot think of a summary of TBB. Lol
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Re: Twitter length stories
The Blind Banker
too much yellow paint#lookhardatsomethingtoseeitsvalue
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John: "Have you spoken to Mycroft, Molly, uh, anyone?"
Mrs Hudson: "They don’t matter. You do."
I BELIEVE IN SERIES 5!
- Tantalus
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Re: Twitter length stories
Hmmm.... Well then, how about "#notsoscandalousphotos"
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- Tantalus
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Re: Twitter length stories
The Blind Banker
too much yellow paint#lookhardatsomethingtoseeitsvalue
Or,
The Blind Banker
The Dancing Men cleverly disguised through poor script-writing and bad direction #nitpicksareus
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- m0r1arty
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The Blind Banker
The BBC goes back to it's clichéd prejudice roots and picks on the world's biggest superpower population - poorly #Numbah-one-son!
-m0r
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Re: Twitter length stories
Ouch! You guys are so harsh to The Blind Banker...how about this instead:
The Blind Banker
Arguments with chip & pin machines, fights with Chinese gangsters, ciphers based on A-Z
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