A Whole New World

I’m behind on archiving the Short Stories right now, but by the end of February, they’ll all be there for you to read. This year, we’re doing something a little different and, if its successful, it’ll be the norm going forward. You see, in 2021, 12 stories come together to form a thematically-connected narrative…

BEGINNING February 1st
for 28 days
a short story#IoWTwitterShorts#InternetofWords

Please Hold

Part short story, part Twitter poll, it's time to find out what it really means when that company tells you, your call is important to them…

every evening @ 5pm@MoveablePress pic.twitter.com/3TzMcXgOcJ

— S (@MoveablePress) January 30, 2021

January’s Story sets the scene (and I won’t give it away for you if you’ve not read it, there’ll be a dedicated page for this whole thing appearing over the weekend) and now, we’ll be using Twitter’s Poll facility to gather some important information to help me write April’s story. In March, we’ll return to the protagonist from January’s tale… who’ll we be following with some interest throughout the rest of 2021…

There's a recall of all their units, but you don't have time to repackage this before work, it'll have to wait. However, it might be an idea to read those T's and C's one more time, as you're pretty confident that quantum physics was mentioned somewhere in the mix. Will you:

— 🗨️ S Reeson 💭 Digital, Physical, Fractal 💬 (@InternetofWords) February 3, 2021

What these either/or answers will do is effectively dictate the action at crucial points in the narrative. I did a two pronged Choose Your Own Adventure using the Polls last year that worked very well: the links to that are Here for Version One and Here for Version Two but, as I discovered, this was a tough ask to manage and plan. Instead, this time around we’re using Polls in a slightly more flexible fashion.

I’ve found that thematically linking stuff together is making for a far easier time of things everywhere, and this allows me more time to experiment with other forms of writing and creation. I hope you’ll enjoy the journey we’ll be going on this year and who knows, there might be more than just words as an accompaniment this time… perhaps other forms may emerge as entertainment in the world of UltraReality…