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You are here: Home / Kitty Wisdom / I’m Writing a #TwitterFiction Story!

I’m Writing a #TwitterFiction Story!

March 14, 2014 By: Sparkle Cat32 Comments

I am way more fictional than my human!

From March 12 through March 16, there is a fiction writing festival on Twitter! It’s called (logically) the Twitter Fiction Festival and it’s both official and not official. The official part is a partnership between the Association of American Publishers and Penguin Random House and an impressive list of featured authors. If you click through to the link, though, you will notice a glaring omission: no cats! So I decided to take advantage of the unofficial part in which “anyone is invited to jump in and tell stories with the hashtag #TwitterFiction.”

Being a cat, I decided to write a cat story! I’m not doing anything fancy or particularly creative… just a narrative short story, told in quick bursts, but I am trying to make each tweet have some sort of value — no throwaway tweets at all. It is about a tuxedo cat named Molly. I started it Thursday and will finish it sometime on Sunday!

Here is what I have so far (just a note — if you are looking at this in a reader or an email, you may have to go to the real blog post because the Tweets are embedded):

Molly’s whiskers twitched as she watched the birds dance in the tree outside her living room window. #MollyCat #TwitterFiction

— Sparkle (@sparklecat) March 14, 2014

 

The blue jays and little brown sparrows were enjoying the early spring’s sun rays as much as Molly was. #MollyCat #TwitterFiction

— Sparkle (@sparklecat) March 14, 2014

 

The birds sang so invitingly that Molly felt like she could reach out and touch them. So she tried. #MollyCat #TwitterFiction

— Sparkle (@sparklecat) March 14, 2014

 

To Molly’s surprise, the screen that separated her from the outside pushed open – and she fell! #MollyCat #TwitterFiction

— Sparkle (@sparklecat) March 14, 2014

 

Molly tumbled paws over tail and landed in the dirt a few feet from the tree. She could hear the birds laughing. #MollyCat #TwitterFiction

— Sparkle (@sparklecat) March 14, 2014

 

She shook off the dirt and glared at the birds hopping on the branches and flapping their wings at her. #MollyCat #TwitterFiction

— Sparkle (@sparklecat) March 14, 2014

 

With fire in her eye, Molly charged up the tree. It felt good to watch those smug little birds panic and fly off. #MollyCat #TwitterFiction

— Sparkle (@sparklecat) March 14, 2014

 

But now that Molly was sitting on a branch not far from the window, the problem was how to get back in? #MollyCat #TwitterFiction

— Sparkle (@sparklecat) March 14, 2014

 

The screen had not come off when Molly fell, but instead banged back into place. Molly was stuck outside. #MollyCat #TwitterFiction

— Sparkle (@sparklecat) March 14, 2014

If you want to continue following Molly’s adventure, all you need to do is do a twitter search using the hashtags #MollyCat #TwitterFiction. And if you are not on Twitter, don’t worry — I will tell you what happened to Molly! But I will tell you a secret: I’m not even close to finished yet with the story, so who knows? Molly may surprise me!

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  1. Savannah's Paw Tracks says

    March 19, 2014 at 12:56 pm

    what a creative endeavor!! will go follow on Twitter!

    Reply
  2. Maxwell, Faraday & Allie says

    March 17, 2014 at 3:23 pm

    ooooh, we LOVE it! Pawing on over to twitter now to see how it ends!

    Reply
  3. Kjelle Bus aka Charlie Rascal says

    March 17, 2014 at 2:13 am

    Pawsome story so far about Molly !
    Me have Twitter , but I´m not using so much.
    My mom-person say´s she haven´t time to help me out with that *sigh´s*

    XOXO

    Reply
  4. Ms. Phoebe's Mom says

    March 17, 2014 at 2:05 am

    Leave it to you to be a cat writer pioneer for events like this Sparkle. You are a gifted writer and no doubtedly will impress a lot of the human writers and hopefully will inspire more cats to participate in the future and other similar events.

    Reply
  5. Sometimes, Cats Herd You says

    March 15, 2014 at 7:33 am

    We hadn’t heard about this! What a fun event. The head peep is going to pass the information along to our local writers who might want to participate.

    Reply
  6. Elvira Mistress of Felinity and Miss Sneakers says

    March 15, 2014 at 7:25 am

    Oh, my ❗

    How come I & Daddy Kiril (@KGkundurazieff) didn’t know about this ❓

    Mr. Nikita would have been all over this like a cat in a box of premium catnip ❗ 😀

    As you know he created the 100 Word Cat Story Genre and his masterpiece was a 31 chapter serial (once a day for a month) about a cat named Aubrey. 100 Word Cat Stories

    Thank you so much for taking on this challenge! Nikita always tried to get other cats to write poetry and try 100 word stories, to little success. By YOU doing THIS maybe others will also be inspired. 😀

    Reply
  7. Cathy Keisha says

    March 14, 2014 at 8:13 pm

    This is so cool! I used to follow someone who wrote an entire cat book on Twitter. Can’t wait to see how it turns out.

    Reply
  8. Penelope says

    March 14, 2014 at 5:59 pm

    Sparkle! Yous ROCKS!!!
    Kisses
    Nellie

    Reply
  9. Sue Brandes says

    March 14, 2014 at 5:46 pm

    Sounds really good Sparkle.

    Reply
  10. William says

    March 14, 2014 at 5:41 pm

    That is so fun! I can’t wait to read more!

    Reply
  11. Famous SpokesGoat Pricilla says

    March 14, 2014 at 4:55 pm

    Oh noes! poor Molly. I hope she gets back inside.

    Reply
  12. BeadedTail says

    March 14, 2014 at 3:41 pm

    That’s pretty cool Sparkle! We like the story so far!

    Reply
  13. Baby Tali says

    March 14, 2014 at 1:42 pm

    I likes your story Sparkle..My Mommy cat’s name is Molly and her brother, my Uncle Chang, is a Tuxedo kitty.. 😆

    Reply
  14. Jacqueline says

    March 14, 2014 at 1:08 pm

    We can’t wait to read all about Molly’s fun adventures!…Enjoy the weekend, dear friends…kisses…Calle, Halle, Sukki, Mommy Cat, Daddy Cat

    Reply
  15. mariodacat says

    March 14, 2014 at 11:27 am

    Cool story. I had never heard of that on Twitter. What a neat idea. Keep up the good work.

    Reply
  16. Grace says

    March 14, 2014 at 9:59 am

    I’ll have to go look at Twiiter, I have an account and I follow you but I never look at the thing…

    Reply
  17. Cattywumpus says

    March 14, 2014 at 9:40 am

    Pawsome! We await Molly’s next moves impatiently!

    Reply
  18. Layla Morgan Wilde (Cat Wisdom 101) says

    March 14, 2014 at 9:38 am

    I’d heard about this and shocked there are no cat stories. Go Sparkle!

    Reply
  19. Emma and Buster says

    March 14, 2014 at 9:32 am

    good story so far. we’re already at the edge of our seats for the next installment.

    Reply
  20. Chey, Gemini and Ichiro says

    March 14, 2014 at 9:00 am

    Wow! Way cool!

    Reply
  21. Kitties Blue says

    March 14, 2014 at 8:18 am

    How fun. We can’t wait to see how Molly devises a way to get back in the house. We know she will figure it out. She is a cat after all. We don’t do Twitter so will be waiting anxiously for you to post more of the story here. You have us on the edge of our paws. Have a super terrific weekend. Purrs and paw-pats, Lily Olivia, Mauricio, Misty May, Giulietta, Fiona, Astrid, Lisbeth and Calista Jo

    Reply
  22. madi and mom says

    March 14, 2014 at 8:02 am

    Sparkle you have the most fun ideas!!
    Bravo
    Hugs
    Madi your bfff

    Reply
  23. Whiskers, Panda and Isabella says

    March 14, 2014 at 7:57 am

    It’s about time someone recognized us kitties!

    Reply
  24. Amelia Hughes says

    March 14, 2014 at 7:54 am

    Can’t wait to see how Molly gets back into the house! Maybe a cat like Binga could help her from the inside? (-:

    Reply
  25. Brian Frum says

    March 14, 2014 at 6:56 am

    That is so cool Sparkle! Cats tweet just as good as birds, if not better!

    Reply
  26. Melissa & Truffles says

    March 14, 2014 at 6:04 am

    OMC…the exact same thing happened to Tara!!! The screen window she was sleeping in broke and she fell right out into the yard!

    Reply
  27. Marg says

    March 14, 2014 at 5:12 am

    Sounds like quite an adventure for Molly. Can’t wait to hear more. Take care.

    Reply
  28. The Swiss Cats says

    March 14, 2014 at 4:56 am

    That’s a lot of fun ! Mum is thinking for a while of doing something like this with her pupils ! Purrs

    Reply
  29. speedyrabbit says

    March 14, 2014 at 4:37 am

    sounds pretty good Sparkle,xx Speedy

    Reply
  30. The Island Cats says

    March 14, 2014 at 4:08 am

    This is pretty cool, Sparkle. We’ll follow Molly’s adventure.

    Reply
  31. The Kitties of Purring Pines says

    March 14, 2014 at 1:54 am

    We can’t wait to read more!!!

    Reply
  32. Georgia and Julie says

    March 14, 2014 at 1:18 am

    This story is sounding good so far!
    Can’t wait to see what happens to Molly.
    Purrs Georgia and Julie,
    Treasure,JJ
    and Angels Tiger and Tillie

    Reply

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