Twitter is this collection of thought streams that flow into a gigantic river of consciousness. Tweeple submit their particular stream of tweets to the river, hoping someone will notice their piece of mind. Most tweets simply blend in with the rest, and flow into obscurity, never to be seen again. Some are noticed due to a particular style and rhythm of the tweeter. Tweet that are complete and interesting thoughts resonate.
To get your thoughts, your tweets to resonate, they need to be clear, concise, and well composed. This takes practice, it’s a skill and a technique. This discipline is the Zen of Writing a Tweet. Just like the Zen Archer, the Kyudo Master, there are steps to composing a tweet. Unlike Kyudo, they come in no particular order. They are:
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Create Stand-Alone Tweets: If your tweet cannot fit within the confines of 140 characters, perhaps it’s too complex and needs to be broken into a stream of two or more tweets. Strive for under 100 characters.
Use Action Verbs: Put movement into your tweet, make the reader feel like they’re experiencing the tweet along side you.
Remove Nonessential Words: This is key to composing simple, yet powerful messages. Also changing the order of a phrase will naturally eliminate connecting words.
Once you have composed your tweet, check it for clarity and spelling before posting it. Speak it aloud if you must. If your tweet refers to a linked webpage, then you want that link to be as short as possible so you have enough room to describe the link, read Shorten Your Tweet Links.