The top secret doo-dad
Man, it’s been a long time since I blogged. I’ve been undercover, though, and it’s hard for me to blog when I have to hold back secrets. The muse gets skittish when not given full rein, at least mine does. Giddyup, Triggette!
I’m tweeting presently as a character in a Twitter movie, spending hours a day tweeting as someone I’m not. Sure does mess with your style. Now I find myself naturally falling into the style of that character, a colorful old man. It’s the old man thing that’s getting to me, because I’ve realized a lot of the things I say are like an old man already, like lordy or dearie.
Oh lordy (in a young way).
The movie is being written and cast and beginning some filming now. We had an outline, and while the rest of the gang began work on auditions, the website, the script, and soon the filming, I started tweeting, doing exactly what the protagonist does in the film. This the the story of the story, as it’s made, since we don’t know the final form of the script, it being only a synopsis so far.
Don’t know why I’m so set on it being a secret I’m doing this, or a partial one, since I am telling my friends it’s me. So if it’s okay my friends know I’m tweeting as whatshisname, why is it not okay for everybody else?
Don’t know exactly. I do know I want it to be as much like that guy as possible. Positive realage, fakewise. It’s great fun to write, very spontaneous and interactive. A combination of storytelling, acting, conversation, twoetry, and doing the limbo. Did invent a language in my spare time: Twinglese. You just put ‘tw’ in front of everything. Ha. Twike twis, twy twonfused twiend. Tworry, twit twinda twucks, twas twa twanguage. But what the hey, sure was easy. Tolkien here I come!
Considerably easier to get under that limbo bar when it doesn’t exist.
Amazing how my writing experiences have prepared me for this role. It’s a lot like the letter game, except with tweets. And I do have a penchant for roleplaying, as in Wisdom Boy or Lone Wolf III.
This is nothing like writing by yourself. Much more collegial and friendly, a social forum. It’s a public performance artform, based on an outline, but much of the subplot of the story is being built up by interaction with other tweeters. They say something, then the character plays off that, and so the story is the result partly of chance or fate, which is kinda cool in this postmodern era.
Hello World!
LWIII
I’ve been wondering what you’ve been up to. I’m working hard on finishing a manuscript and haven’t been on Twitter as much. Only enough to be quite confused. Good to know you’re being creative and having fun.
Hey Darrelyn, thanks for the comment! Yep, been busy, not absent. And boy is it fun, for sure. Have a great day!
Wish I were not camera shy, but since I am, I guess I’ll have to be part of the chorus in the film.
I realized this morning that I must be under more stress than I realized, because it took me 14 hours to figure out the humor in your last reply to my tweet to you! So, a belated ha! Is it Friday yet?
Love you both, no matter who you are or are pretending to be.
Thanks Andrea. And sorry the joke wasn’t more obvious. Not quite Friday yet but getting there. Sure is nice having you following along on the Riley story. Appreciate your support for him, even though he is merely imaginary.
You’ve created quite a lovable character in Mr. Riley, and it has been fun watching the story develop. I hope the film is a huge success for you.