Twitter of Oz -- Post #3

The following is Part One in a series documenting the making of The Twitter of Oz -- a modernized retelling of The Wizard of Oz through Twitter. Each of the main characters has their own Twitter feed and will tweet their experiences in real time as they try to get a Brain, a Heart, Courage and a Home.

I'm working on this at Visual Goodness where I'm Creative Manager. These are my notes as the world unfolds on Twitter.

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Summary of the story in the past few days:

Cowardly Lion -- Trying to find self-help solutions. He'll be my comic relief. He even considered at Scientology for a moment.
Dorothy -- Becoming increasingly annoyed at Aunt Em. Saying stuff like, "Who does she think she is? My Mom??!"
Tin Man -- His wife has left him and his mistress won't meet with him. He's utterly depressed. Continues to cite Beatles lyrics. Went out drown his sorrows late last night. Saw a flash of light, found himself along the river. Walked home in a daze. Back out again tonight.
The Wicked Witch -- Failed to kill the man she's been hired to kill last night. Used Incediaria spell. Figures she needs a more powerful spell. Ends up on a researching rampage.
The Wizard -- Suggests @witchwest actually miscast the spell. Ends up giving some guidance on different spells she's considering for the second time around.
Glinda -- Still trying to convince Wicked Witch to not kill the man she's been hired to kill.
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I've created Facebook pages for the witches, Tin Man and Dorothy. If i had more time and more hands, I'd build them out. For now, I'm forwarding the Tweets to their respective Facebook statuses.

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People are starting to follow. One in particular -- raggedj -- has begun actively communicating with Dorothy and the Tin Man. I've started to actively follow him back and build a conversation. Even asked him (as Tin Man) whether he should go and drink again given what happened to him the previous night.

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I revealed more of West and Glinda's backstory together. Back in school (college) West was embarrassed by her skin color, had no confidence with boys. Glinda believed otherwise -- felt that West had more to offer. They went out in Glinda's new car (I uploaded a photo via Tweetie on iPhone). They meet with Boq. Glinda locks West out. West is forced to talk to Boq. They hit it off. It's the start of her life as a self-confident person for the next year.

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I've begun mentioning spells:
- "Incendiaria" is a powerful fireball spell.
- "Elephanteum Rage" summons freaked out Elephants to trample on command
- "Lightning Strikes" Lightning bolts
- "Hornet Hordes" summons a swarm of hornets to attack
- "Flight of Daggers" sends a column of daggers at a target

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NOW LIVE!!! thetwitterofoz.com and twitterofoz.com. The both lead to http://www.visualgoodness.com/twitterOz

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