The point of this exercise is to see just what a 140-character limit looks like. That sentence has only 80 characters. This makes it to 140. [27 words]
It confirms my observation that Twitter is ideal for teaching people how to write good cut lines. Present active voice helps to pull it off. [25 words]
It is almost like saying that one has 29 words or less, so long as the words are short, to make a point. Using bigger words buggers it up. [29 words]
Just like everything else in journalism, the re-write is where it is at. There is nothing that cannot be improved, especially the new Tweet. [25 words]
Personally, I have trouble thinking that Tweeting is important to anyone without a broadband gadget and an extra 30 bucks a month to spend. [24 words]
Then again I probably said the same sort of thing when I was forced to use a word processor instead of an electronic typewriter by my boss. [27 words]
“Damn it Jim, I’m a writer, not some digital space scribbler!” Bones McCoy barked. “Besides that, the character count includes quote marks.” [22 words]
And the good doctor would have been correct, even if he used the word quote instead of quotation; but I am digressing from my original point. [26 words]
At some point the discussion about danger has already been discussed by others. Things like texting while hiking or driving get people killed. [23 words]
Perhaps a discussion about just plain flat being rude is in order; although to date I have not read anything about Tweeting while copulating. [24 words]
For those waiting for me to bring up Sarah Palin in the Tweeting context, wait no more. I just did, by shrinking political discourse process. [25 words]
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