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ANovelMillion.com Launches Global Created Multi-Author Story.


NELSON, New Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland.  -- A novel website is set to create the largest authored story in history and allows anyone to influence the storyline Noun 1. storyline - the plot of a book or play or film
plot line

plot - the story that is told in a novel or play or movie etc.; "the characters were well drawn but the plot was banal"
 and become an author.

"It's Million Dollar Homepage meets Choose Your Own Adventure," explained concept creator Aditya Kesarcodi-Watson. "Aspiring as·pire  
intr.v. as·pired, as·pir·ing, as·pires
1. To have a great ambition or ultimate goal; desire strongly: aspired to stardom.

2.
 authors get to add their own content sequentially and dictate the course of the story, with the added benefit of being able to link their passage through to a website of their choice," he added.

Participating authors pay www.anovelmillon.com $1 per word that is contained in their passage. The story will continue to evolve until such time as the story is composed of one million words.

A Novel Million is being created globally. Anyone can contribute and influence the storyline however they like, within a few simple guidelines guidelines,
n.pl a set of standards, criteria, or specifications to be used or followed in the performance of certain tasks.
 that are contained on the website.

In addition to the publicity, advertising opportunity and the benefit of helping mold mold, name for certain multicellular organisms of the various classes of the kingdom Fungi, characteristically having bodies composed of a cottony mycelium. The colors of molds are caused by the spores, which are borne on the mycelium.  this historic novel, each author is also offered a share in the royalties achieved from future publishing Future Publishing (FTSE:FUTR) is a magazine and internet publishing company based in Bath, England. There is also an office in London. Future Publishing employs more than 1,500 people worldwide, and is one of the largest publishing houses in the UK.  of the stories.

Although only recently debuting on the internet, the Internet, the, international computer network linking together thousands of individual networks at military and government agencies, educational institutions, nonprofit organizations, industrial and financial corporations of all sizes, and commercial enterprises  site has been getting a lot of attention; it has been viewed in over 38 countries and had over 35,000 hits in just 3 weeks. Interest in the website has been reflected in site statistics; 30% of the people who have visited the site book-marking it in their favorites.

The word is spreading and the stories are continually capturing new people's attention.

"It's the evolving nature of the story that keeps bringing people back," said Kesarcodi-Watson.

About ANovelMillion.com:

ANovelMillion.com is a website that lets anyone participate in a continually evolving story, the theme and direction of which is decided by the participants. The website is open to anyone willing to pay $1 per word to participate. Each author enjoys the added benefit of being able to link their text through to a website of their choice as well as participation in any future book royalties. ANovelMillion.com is the first website to create a novel through the sale of one million words, and is set to create the largest authored story in history.
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