The MightyWrite project aims to create a collaborative story through social media. Contributors will add to the story via tweets, changing themes and styles with each new contribution. The story will be compiled and posted to a blog. A Twitter account, Facebook page, and YouTube channel were created to develop the story and build a community around the project. However, growth was limited and weaknesses in the execution method were identified. Future development may focus on using Facebook as the primary platform instead of Twitter to leverage the existing fan base on Facebook.

1. The MightyWrite
Digital Natives
Project
Will Osman

2. CONCEPT
• The idea began with research into Exquisite
Corpse, a writing technique, and existing twitter-
based writing projects.
• Social media was analysed to search for best
results in terms of community and connectivity.

3. AIM
• The aim was to produce a story using twitter
(and social media), with each contribution
changing themes, genres and styles as it went
due to each tweet being from someone different.
• The story would eventually unfold, and would
then, at certain point, be posted as a whole on a
blog.

4. • It would continue, perhaps infinitely, constantly
being updated and added to, the blog being the
centre point of the entirety of chapters.
• I also had the idea of giving readings of the work
for a Youtube channel.

7. DEVELOPMENT
• The project did not require its own website, as it
was decided to be twitter based. A twitter page
was set up and tweet-stream began.
• This eventually led to the first official tweet of
the Write, beginning the story.

8. • As well as the twitter account, a Facebook page
was set up, which would serve as the centre of
the community. I would post links to twitter
advertising it for the Facebook group.
• The Facebook page was shared to a Creative
Writing page for Bath Spa. In the future it would
be an idea to share it further.

9. • A Youtube channel was also set up, and a video
posted of myself explain what MightyWrite
is, and trying to gather views from that form of
media.
• It was and is intended to be host to
advertising, community chat and readings of
work.

10. FUTURE
• It would be incorrect to say MightyWrite is
complete, as it is far from. There were multiple
weaknesses with the method of project
execution, and therefore the growth was tiny.
• Future development could expand the project
further.

11. • My idea on how to do this is to use Facebook as
the home of MightyWrite instead of Twitter, due
to the existing fans there.
• Fans joined on the Facebook page, but not the
Twitter page, which became a problem with the
development of the actual project.