Since I haven’t had much opportunity to get out of the house this past week due to illness, I thought I would rewatch Suzanne Collins’ film “The Hunger Games”!
This Twitter Thread is a live-tweeting commentary on my rewatch of this movie. I gave a brief overview of the storytelling components and filmmaking methods. I also underlined my favourite scenes from the film and how they have stuck with me ever since I watched “The Hunger Games” for the first time!
Twitter Thread:
As I was creating this thread, I was careful to use language that was equivalent to the way that I talk! According to The Non-Writers’ Guide To Writing Better Social Media Copy, writing in the same language and tone that you would typically use to communicate makes your writing seem more genuine and natural. Since it makes a piece of writing more enjoyable and easier to read, I made sure to incorporate this idea throughout my thread.
Additionally, I used GIFS to make my thread more visually appealing and fun for the reader, maintaining the reader’s short attention span with images that are relevant to the message I’m trying to convey, creating a more entertaining piece. Using hashtags related to the story is also a technique I used to reach maximum impact and to target the sort of demographic I was attempting to capture.
In conclusion, I loved the idea of live-tweeting a Twitter thread to showcase my experience of rewatching ‘The Hunger Games’! The use of Twitter allows authors to write in shorter chunks, creating a more engaging platform to tell stories on! I would definitely consider embarking on this journey again and live-tweet some of my other experiences.
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