Writing a Twitter short story seemed like a lot of fun! It is interesting to see how social media is influencing poetry and prose.
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A RITE OF PASSAGE, Twitter Short Story by Ethan Greenwood
I saw the competition advertised on Twitter. At first I was nervous to enter given the difficulty of writing a 140 character short story but once I watched Actors/actresses read the previous winners I was really inspired by how poignant some of them were. The idea just came to me. Subconsciously I wanted to get across the idea of the monumental injustice of what the Nazis did. Of course denying someone a degree was probably the least of their crimes but I also wanted it to have a redeeming quality that despite the cruelty, Sara as an elderly person could still enjoy her rightful graduation, with the same pleasure as any young person might today, which is why I wanted to trick whoever hears it performed, into believing that Sara is just any other young person graduating from college today.
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