#Twitterfiction festival 2014: what you are (and are not) missing

The second Twitter fiction festival is in full swing, but does the social media website's limit of 140 characters inspire good writing?

Alexander McCall-Smith, Anne Boleyn's dog and God himself are taking part in this year's Twitter Fiction Festival, which is running over four days until March 16.

Authors, poets, humorists and novices have been selected to write 140-character stories and tweet them out with the hashtag #twitterfiction. Regular Twitter users are encouraged to join in with their own stories.