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 * Teen Twiction** is a cross-curricular literacy initiative that asks young people aged between 13 and 19 to tell stories via a series of tweets from a character's perspective - this could be an original character or a profile you have created based on someone from books, TV, films or even REAL LIFE! You can even create other profiles and tell the story through interactions on your 'main character's feed'!

It can benefit students in:

ENGLISH, MEDIA STUDIES, FILM STUDIES, MFL (The tweets can be in another language), HISTORY (to tell key events from a particular perspective) R.E... and many more subjects - post how you have used it in our GUESTBOOK.

What can you do?

 * **Submit** your Twiction to be published on our site and **get reviewed** by others from across the world.
 * Each submission is entered into the **'Teen Twiction Prize' competition** which is announced on 20/12/11.
 * **Read** a selection of submitted Twiction from featured in our Archives
 * Become more familar with how to write Twiction with our **Twiction Tutorial**

What is 'Twiction'?
Twiction is a story told in twenty ‘tweets’ or less (usually from the main character's perspective – or Twitter feed!). **You will need to bring your story to life on Twitter by setting up accounts for your characters for your story to be classed as Twiction.**

Each ‘tweet’ is a maximum of 140 characters and is a short update of what they have been doing – think of it like a chapter in a book – but can reveal so much about the character!

You can invent your own character - or chose one from a book you have read, film you have watched or TV series you like!

See [|www.teentwiction.co.uk/tutorial] to help you to plan your first piece of Twiction!

How Can I Learn To Write and Submit Twiction for Review?
Vist the Tutotial page to get started! This will tell you all you need to know about how to write a piece of Twiction and what to do when you are happy with it.

We aim to publish a selection of Twiction written by young people online and possibly in print format too in association with [|www.thelittlebooks.co.uk]

If yours is good enough, it win our annual **Teen Twiction Award!**

For teachers, please visit our Teaching Twiction page with lesson plans and guides to supporting your students in their creative writing. Each year, we hold a Teen Twiction competition so get your students involved and sign our **Guestbook** to be kept up to date with the latest news. media type="custom" key="9011268"