Are Tweets Dribbling Away Your Writerly Juices?

Writing for three cents per word becomes even more disturbing in light of a question from Studio 360's Kurt Andersen. In a conversation with writer Susan Orlean, he asks if tweeting "dribbles away writerly juices." At the heart of this question is whether or not a writer only gets so many words in the first place. Not sure how measurable that question is, but it adds another facet to selling out one's cognitive cycles for $15 for 500 words. The video of the conversation is after the jump.

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