This morning driving into work I had to smile at the NPR report about the Wovel. The Wovel is a new term that describes a new genre of writing - a serial book that is released in weekly installments on the web. Much like the Choose Your Own Adventure books the Wovel also has a voting option for readers to direct the flow of the story.
Interesting to see that new forms of writing, and new genres are popping up as a result of the rise of Web 2.0 tools. Additionally in the report one woman commented that the short format appealed to her busy life as well. The changing conceptions of reading and media certainly seem to be growing.
Only problem...I guess a wovel is also the name of a funny looking snow shovel. Perhaps they should have googled the term first
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