Posted on by Virginia Donoghue

Workshop 10/19/2020

  1. For my project, I’m trying to accomplish a collection of funny stories from my life based off words used in the NYT spelling bee game. These stories are more for my own entertainment, so I’m not really worrying about followers or likes or anything like that. At the end of this project, I really just want to have a collection of memories to look through from time to time.
  2. My audience is kind of just myself, but I might try to involve a few friends who might remember or be involved in some of the memories I write about. I am also considering having my dad, whom I do the spelling bee puzzles with, write a memory he has of me based off of a word. It would just be a guest appearance and only one post.
  3. I think in terms of community building, I don’t necessarily think I can curate a community based off of only my funny stories. However, I think I could possibly share my stories with friends and family in order to build a deeper connection with them. I’m still unsure of whether or not I want to share it with friends and family, but it is something I am considering.
  4. I think some of the longer twitter works we have read in class can help me when it comes to figuring out the length of my stories. I am not doing one continuous story like the ones we have read in class, but I think that some of my mini stories can be quite long. I am still kind of struggling with how long I should make my individual stories, but since there really isn’t a huge audience, I think I can make them longer without having to worry about boring the audience.
  5. I think my biggest problem has been being able to tell a complete story within the character limits of twitter. I do tell my stories over the course of several tweets, but I still feel like I need to abbreviate my stories more. I don’t want my stories to feel rushed, but I also don’t want them to drag on.
  6. Since my posts really depend on the words that week, I can’t really plan ahead, but I do like the format I am using currently, so I’m going to continue using that format