Twitterature
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thumb | right | Sculpture representing the bird in the Twitter logo. Twitterature (a portmanteau of Twitter and literature) is a literary use of the microblogging service X (formerly Twitter). It includes various genres, including aphorisms, poetry, and fiction (or some combination thereof) written by individuals or collaboratively. The 280-character maximum imposed by the medium, upgraded from 140 characters in late 2017, provides a creative challenge.
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Encyclopedic overview
12 sectionsContents
- Genres
- Aphorism
- Poetry
- Humor
- Fiction
- Literary classics and legends
- Twitter novels
- Collaborative works
- History
- See also
- References
- Further reading
thumb | right | Sculpture representing the bird in the Twitter logo. Twitterature (a portmanteau of Twitter and literature) is a literary use of the microblogging service X (formerly Twitter). It includes various genres, including aphorisms, poetry, and fiction (or some combination thereof) written by individuals or collaboratively. The 280-character maximum imposed by the medium, upgraded from 140 characters in late 2017, provides a creative challenge.
==Genres==
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