My good friend and roomate, Blaine, has started a fun and exciting project called “Let’s Tweet A Novel“. The basic premis is that users on social networks all contribute to the writing of a novel, line by line. It began with a vote on the first line, and from that point on, it alternates between submitting the lines and voting on them. There is no set schedule, but if you follow letstweetanovel on Twitter, you’ll get all the updates – or you can just visit letstweetanovel.wordpress.com at your own convenience to see how things are progressing. You can also join the Facebook group for Let’s Tweet A Novel.

My hope is for this project to eventually include thousands of users, all contributing to the content of this novel. So far there are three lines that have already been decided upon, and submissions are currently open for the fourth line.

Just a quick note – submissions are limited to 123 characters (the amount allowed on Twitter after @letstweetanovel is tagged.

Below is the beginning of the novel – if it peaks your interest, please don’t hesitate to get involved:

Darle ripped the filter off a Virginia Slim and placed it carefully between her emerald lips, lighting it with a pink Bic. She tapped the lighter against her purse twice for luck and tossed it inside, exhaling a cloud of smoke into the dark. Met with a familiar question of whether or not she had missed the last bus of the night, she decided to walk.