Illustrator Steve Lowtwait and writer Michael Smith are creating what they claim to be the first ever Social Fiction story. Above is Hawk Funn's Facebook profile. Hawk Funn is the fictional lead character in the duo's first story about a typical father with a phobia of being indoors.
The aim of these stories is to be completely told through social media. Different characters have their own social media profiles from Facebook to Twitter and beyond. Even the companies characters work for have their own websites. Best yet, since the whole idea is that this is told over social media, the audience not only gets to interact with the characters (the creators will act as their characters and respond to audience comments) but it is also able to have an effect on the story itself. See
Hawk Funn's Facebook page here.
Ultimately, according to Lowtwait, Social Fiction could become a new storytelling industry, with paid writers, directors, artists, and actors all working full-time on crafting narratives in real time. It is definitely and interesting idea. I guess the only question is if this first story will have enough traction to build up people's interest.
