The Guide to this Twitterfic thing

Thanks for following us Mirror Universe ISS Enterprise folks! I put together this introduction to help you out if you’re new to our com channel.  ~Briana

"Borrowed from Commander Trip Tucker"


The following is an “out-of-character” (OOC) introduction to our Twitter Fiction:

“So what is this thing?”

Well, it’s part role-play, part fan-fiction at 140 characters at a time.

We’re a friendly bunch and we are trying for an actual ongoing fan-fiction story of some sort. Some of the action is thoroughly planned behind-the-scenes between the players ahead of time and some of it is completely spontaneous and made-up as we go along. The results vary from the serious to the action-packed, and from the angstful to the somewhat silly. Take a look at the Enterprise blog entries for an idea of what eventually results.

NOTE: Please be aware that the Mirror Universe tends to be a bit more PG-13 and FAR less canon than the main one.

“I want to hang out and watch the story develop.”

Great! To watch and read is simple, just add the characters to those you follow on Twitter and be sure that you have your settings to show @replies.

BE WARNED! As our group grows, so does the complexity of our fiction and volume of our tweets! It can be a lot to keep up with at first.

In otherwords, as a group, we tweet a LOT. Really. A lot. (If you’re only following one or two characters it shouldn’t be that bad.) This is unlikely to change, and you might find it a bit overwhelming. We completely understand if it’s too much to keep up with, especially if you’re following on a mobile device. (See below for some suggestions on making following us a bit easier.)

On the other hand, it might sometimes seem as if we are completely silent. We’re not. In fact, we may simply be madly tweeting away with someone you’re not following. The main characters do try to do stand-alone tweets occasionally so that you don’t have to follow everyone in order to understand the story. We’re getting better at this as time goes by.

To make following all of us a little less painful we suggest trying out several Twitter clients to see what works best for you. So far we can recommend the following:

Tweetdeck is probably the easiest to setup. It allows you to orgainize the tweeters you follow into different groups, so you could setup an Enterprise group, the Mirror Universe as a different group, and your other non-fictional tweeters (friends, etc.) as other groups.