Have you heard the new craze about cell phone novels? They are spreading worldwide. Is the writing any different?
Cellphone Novels in Japan, Finland, Italy, Switzerland and China
Cell phone novels across the world:
- Japan:
- Switzerland
- Finland, where there is the highest per capita use of cell phones
- Italy
- China
Cell phone novels for special genres or demographics:
- Classics : “Surprisingly, people are using cell-phone books to catch up on classics they never finished reading.”
- Harlequin Romances
- Kids? Teens? Tweens? I haven’t seen any articles on this yet. If you have, please post a link!
Writing a cell phone novel:
So far, I haven’t seen/read one of these myself. So, this article, which has a partial translation of a Japanese cell phone novel was fascinating. The language is truncated, used emoticons and other abbreviations to the max. And (as we picturebook writers know) it’s hard to do characterization, emotions, plot, actions, etc. in fewer words!
Want to know more?
- Mobile Read Wiki
- More articles about Cell Phone Novels
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