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Why Sonnets & Tweets Aren't as Different as You Think
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"You can see [Shakespeare] going through the reps of learning how to handle this constraint and getting better and better at saying something worth saying within this quite challenging constraint of the sonnet form." ~ Ellen Fishbein on sonnets, tweets & writing under constraints… Full episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzTTlBXCTVU
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The Art of Constraint: Tweets and Sonnets
Ellen Fishbein explores the similarities between writing tweets and sonnets, emphasizing how both forms impose constraints that enhance a writer's skill. She discusses how the rigid character limits of tweets, much like the sonnet structure used by Shakespeare, serve as a training ground for writers to refine their ability to convey meaningful messages within strict boundaries.
"a lot of writers these days get started with writing by tweeting and when the Tweet constraint was really really rigid like when you could never extend a tweet that was like really good either the 280..."