(x-posted to Middlebrow)
From the departments of genre theory and chaos we have a New York Times article on cellphone novels, an increasingly popular form of the novel in Japan. Cellphone novels are novels composed entirely on a cellphone.
Here's how one author did it:
"One such star, a 21-year-old woman named Rin, wrote “If You” over a six-month stretch during her senior year in high school. While commuting to her part-time job or whenever she found a free moment, she tapped out passages on her cellphone and uploaded them on a popular Web site for would-be authors."
"After cellphone readers voted her novel No. 1 in one ranking, her story of the tragic love between two childhood friends was turned into a 142-page hardcover book last year. It sold 400,000 copies and became the No. 5 best-selling novel of 2007, according to a closely watched list by Tohan, a major book distributor."
Given the perennial complaints about students texting in class, I found this article interesting. Of course, I highly doubt my students are madly texting a draft of a novel in my classes. But who knows? The example of the cellphone novel should make us question arguments that new technologies of communication degrade language.
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"After cellphone readers voted her novel No. 1 in one ranking, her story of the tragic love between two childhood friends was turned into a 142-page hardcover book last year. It sold 400,000 copies and became the No. 5 best-selling novel of 2007, according to a closely watched list by Tohan, a major book distributor."
Given the perennial complaints about students texting in class, I found this article interesting. Of course, I highly doubt my students are madly texting a draft of a novel in my classes. But who knows? The example of the cellphone novel should make us question arguments that new technologies of communication degrade language.
Makes me think I should have my students give it a try. I wonder if there's any practical way to transfer cell phone jottings to the computer?
Posted by: Holly | February 10, 2008 at 05:17 PM
After seeing some similar references, I became intrigued by the possibility of an English language cell phone novel website. So I looked around and couldn't find anything and decided to build one myself. If your students are still texting in class, consider requiring them to set up an account at www.textnovel.com and then text fiction (or their journal or essay) into www.textnovel.com. All they have to do once they have an account is send an mms text to add@textnovel.com and it will automatically be added to their story.
Our blog at www.textnovelblog.com contains a discussion of how other educators are trying out this concept in the classroom.
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Hi, thanks for the coverage on cell phone novels! Thank you Stan for creating textnovel. I'd like to provide a bit of further information.
I am a university student and actually the first true cell phone novelist in North America, going by the pen name of Takatsu. Over the course of 2 years, my novel, Secondhand Memories (http://www.textnovel.com/story/Secondhand-Memories--「むかしのおもいで」/548/) has gained fame with readers all over the world and has become the first and most popular cell phone novel in North America. In 2009 it won numerous awards and is heading towards publication when it is complete. Just recently it was featured in an English textbook in Japan and will be used as part of an exercise for students in Japan.
Textnovel.com is the first site in North America that has been designed with the concept of cell phone novels in mind back in 2008. We have been working to bring this phenomenon to North America for a while now. I am extremely excited about this movement and believe it can revolutionize the writing and publishing world. It truly is a remarkable new concept and in my opinion it may transcend current forms of literature, as it is a new level of art, narration, poetry and visual arts combined into one. Please read the link provided below for more information!
For more information about what English cell phone novels truly are and where they came from as well as what is the truth behind its movement into North America please see this link: http://www.textnovel.com/story/The-Cell-Phone-Novel-Manual:-About-Cell-Phone-Novels,-What-They-Are-and-more/5579/1
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