Technology and Writing
A while back, a friend and I were discussing ways in which we could use technologies like blogs and Twitter for writing purposes. And we were implying uses beyond just having a blog to promote ourselves or using Twitter to detail the minute happenings of our writing lives. We wanted to use technology to enhance our writing, to drive an idea forward, and to reach an every growing and expansive online audience.
We also had great aspirations thanks to the successes of Jeff Kinney, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, and Kazu Kibuishi, Copper, who have used the Internet to their advantage. Diary of a Wimpy kid was spawned as a website and has grown into a series of national best sellers. Copper helped launch Kibuishi’s career and earned him a contract with Scholastic for five issues of a best selling graphic novel series, Amulet.
While the aforementioned ideas were aimed at children, my friend and I wanted to tackle something aimed at a more mature audience. In the coming months, I plan to highlight one of my own projects using online technology and also point out other ventures that I have come across.
March 15th, 2010 at 12:27 am
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