Live-Tweet Storytelling

I experimented with live-tweeting a story in real-time, with a day ski trip with friends. My live-tweet story highlights the 8 point story arc and includes a clear beginning, middle, and end.

Beginning: Tweets 1,2, & 3

The first tweet of the day is the Statsis our trip started the same as any other trip we have taken we planned where we were headed, met up with my friends, and grabbed a cup of coffee before hitting the road.

The second tweet expressed the Trigger of this story, we hit a speed bump and the check tire pressure symbol came on. We had no choice but to pull over and figure out if the tire was just low or if we were going to have to turn around. We set out on a Quest for a gas station and to buy a tire pressure gage.

The third tweet was a positive Surprise a kind lady at the gas station let us borrow her pressure gage which was important because the station didn’t have any. We looked over the tire and much to our relief it was low but the tire did not have any holes. We were able to fill the tire up and get back on the road to the ski hill.

Middle: Tweets 4, 5, 6

The fourth tweet featured our arrival to the hill we got a good parking spot and maintained our quest for a good day of skiing and bonding time.

The fifth tweet is when we got put in a Critical Choice the thing is when we made the choice I didn’t in fact know it was the “choice” that would affect the story. When we got off the top of the chair life we chose the easier path of skiing straight down rather than hiking all the way over to the right of the lift.

This led to the Climax or tweet six, we were lost. When we arrived at the bottom of the hill we had no idea where we were and came out on the opposite side which was far from the chair lift. We made the ultimate choice to head into the trees and figure out the unknown area.

End: Tweets 7,8, & 9

Tweet seven showed us hiking uphill in ski gear, as a result of choosing not to hike at the top of the mountain we got lost and then had to walk and hike to get back up and into the parking lot. Tweet eight explained we had planned to do another run before taking a break but the direction we chose to ski down changed the plan for the day. We ended up having an early lunch.

Tweet eight and tweet eight nine featuring a photo of the map of the mountain was the Resolution of the story. We reached a new stasis, we learned from our mistake, and when we got to the top of the mountain referenced the map before making a choice.

Tweet ten is the completion of the story and a reminder that more adventures and stories will take place in the future.