- Webnovela
A webnovela is a phenomenon in Latin American and European countries like
Chile ,Brasil ,Peru ,Puerto Rico ,Venezuela ,Argentina ,Mexico ,Spain ,Estonia ,Poland andSerbia among others. The term "webnovela", translated to English means "web novel". It is like atelevision soap opera withactor s andsoundtrack among other traits. Its base principally is fanfiction , where fans of a certain serial or soap opera (in Spanish telenovela) or certainactor oractress create a story based on them.Origins
Webnovelas, or as they are also called "foronovelas", began in Chile, on a Network54 forum. It was called "Amistad Perdida" (Lost Friendship). Unfortunately, it disappeared from the web.
Characteristics
Usually, a webnovela contains one or more of the following traits:
* Its length varies from 40 to 60 chapters
* For the characters, they combine actors, singers and models.
* They use the argot of the country from which it (the webnovela) is.
Cyberseries
A variation of the webnovela is the "cyberserie". The cyberserie are more like
North America n series. They have seasons, and are composed usually of Anglo-saxon actors.External links
* [http://www.webnovelas.ya.st Webnovelas.ya.st] - A place to discuss webnovelas.
* [http://www.fotech.cl FOTECH] - Foro de Television y Entretenimiento Chileno
* [http://miarroba.com Mi@{Miarroba)] - The second most commonly tool used to createphpBB based forums.
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