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Collaborative Writing, Burton Style!
Cadavre Exquis or "Exquisite Corpse" is a technique used to collectively tell a story. Each contributor adds to the story in sequence, building on the last line revealed. The project is meant to generate excitement for the[| Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF)] – which will honor Burton’s work by running //Tim Burton//, the first [|MoMA] exhibition to be presented in Toronto in over 20 years.

Contributors are invited to Tweet as often as they’d like; the best Tweets of each day will be selected to build the story. The story can be followed as it unfolds on the project’s [|website].

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To Blog or Not To Blog...
Blogging is falling out of favor among the young'uns these days as they move to quicker-moving social networking sites. At the same time, older adults are getting into blogging and teens still aren't hot on Twitter, at least according to the latest report from the Pew Internet and American Life project. Only 14% of teenage Internet users said that they blogged last year—that's half the number from 2006. Similarly, teen commenting on blogs is way down from 76% in 2006 to just over 52% in 2009.

What do you think? Are teens over the blogging phenomena?
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=Online Teen Writing Communities To Know= We know the opportunities for teens to express themselves online these days are pretty much limitless. The following sites celebrate, workshop and occasionally even publish teen writing in print. Of course, this is only a small handful of what's out there, so feel free to add more great suggestions on our discussion board.

InkPop – Launched last year by HarperCollins, the online teen community and writing platform offers aspiring authors more than just the support and feedback of fellow, young writers. Teen Ink - Teen artists and writers are able to get others’ opinions and possibly have their work appear in print.

Latinitas – Recognizing the need for a publication that focused on the experiences of Latina youth.

Teen Voices – Helping girls to amplify their voices and create social change through media.

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