http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/02/25/japan.mobilenovels/
I just thought this was a really interesting topic to write about. I never would have thought of writing novels on a cellphone. Quite frankly it seems quite impractical to me, I mean how long must it take to type it all out? But I suppose the cell phones do have the added bonus of being easily concealed as mentioned in the article. One thing I found about the article was that the author wrote it as though the instant chapters and the commentary from readers was a new concept. However, I've seen this on the internet for quite some time now. It's really just the exact same as writing stories online, except it's done through a cellphone, not a computer. I can't really see the fad catching on here as much as it did in Japan as the topics they write about on the less conspicuous cell phones aren't as taboo to write/read about over here. And it really isn't conveniant.
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I don't think anyone can say they didn't see this coming. And I agree, this is not going to happen in the US...or at least not 100%. Lets face it, texting a few sentences to each other is annoying, let alone an entire book.
I think it's really interesting that people are using cell phones for writing novels. It was only a matter of time...and look how far technology has progressed! It would be very difficult to actually write out a whole book on a little phone...I know I'd get so frustrated! But if people want to put in the time and effort to do so, by all means go ahead. It could be fun.
This was a really interesting article, but the idea of writing a book through your cell phone seems way too impractical to me. Why go through the process so slowly? Can you imagine how sore their hands must get after writing one page, let alone one chapter?
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