Webnovela

A webnovela is a phenomenon in Latin American and European countries like Chile, Colombia, Brasil, Peru, Puerto Rico, Venezuela, Argentina, Mexico, Spain, Estonia, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Serbia and Russia among others. The term "webnovela", translated to English means "web novel". It is like a television soap opera with actors and soundtrack among other traits. Its base principally is fan fiction, where fans of a certain serial or soap opera (in Spanish telenovela) or certain actor or actress create a story based on them.

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 American series. They have seasons, and are composed usually of Anglo-Saxon actors.

External links

(Spanish) Webnovelas.ya.st - A place to discuss webnovelas.
(Spanish) FOTECH - Foro de Television y Entretenimiento Chileno
(Portuguese) E-Novelas - Brazilian Portal.
(Spanish) Webnovelasweb Webnovelasweb en México La Bastarda y Ana La Chica Bolera

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