Wovel

A Wovel is an online interactive "web-novel." [http://www.underlandpress.com/whatwovel.cfm What is a Wovel?] It is almost in the style of a "Choose Your Own Adventure" gamebook in which the reader chooses which way the action will continue, but it is also very different. It is written by the author as people vote which way the action will continue. [http://www.fantasybookspot.com/node/2680] Because the author has no way of knowing how everyone will vote, they have to wait until voting is finished to continue writing the story. Despite its interactivity, because a Wovel is released piece-by-piece, it can be compared to a serial film, serial book series, or webserial. Also, each "episode" ends with a cliffhanger, but the choice and fate of the plot is up to the reader's vote, and not predetermined by the author. [http://ohiowriters.net/battle-cry-wovel/]

History of the Wovel

The first Wovel was from Victoria Blake's Underland Press and features Bram Stoker Award winner Kealan Patrick Burke's "The Living" (which is still ongoing). It started June 1, 2008 and immediately had over 1,000 readers and 700 votes in its first few days of being published online. It currently releases a new section of the story every Monday, and voting on it continues through Thursday. Mr. Burke writes the new section of story, and then the new post goes up on the following Monday. [http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS144942+11-Jun-2008+BW20080611]

List of Wovels

* [http://www.underlandpress.com/wovel.cfm "The Living"] by Kealan Patrick Burke (from Underland Press) [http://www.underlandpress.com/wovel.cfm?e=1]

* [http://www.hamishdee.com/pitofdespair.htm "Pit of Despair"] by Hamish Dee (from HamishDee.com) [http://www.hamishdee.com]

References

External Links

* [http://www.underlandpress.com/ The Underland Press official site featuring the Wovel "The Living"]
* [http://www.underlandpress.com/wovel.cfm?e=1 "The Living" by Kealan Patrick Burke]
* [http://kealanpatrick.wordpress.com/2008/04/11/wovel/ Kealan Patrick Burke's aricle about his Wovel]
* [http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS144942+11-Jun-2008+BW20080611 Reuters article about Wovels]
* [http://ohiowriters.net/battle-cry-wovel/ Ohio Writers article "The Battle Cry Goes Forth: Wovel Up!"]
* [http://www.forewordmagazine.com/blogs/insider/default,date,2008-04-04.aspx ForeWord Magazine article about Wovels]
* [http://thefutureisbleak.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=348833 The Future is Bleak article about Wovels including a Podcast interview with Victoria Blake]
* [http://theundeadrat.com/introducing-underland-press/ The Undead Rat article about Wovels by Greg Fisher]
* [http://entertheoctopus.wordpress.com/2008/07/25/kealan-patrick-burkes-the-living-a-wovel/ Enter the Ocotopus article about Wovels by Matt Staggs]
* [http://www.fantasybookspot.com/node/2680 Fantasy Book Spot article about Wovels]