Welcome to episode #4 of NOVEL MARATHON, a 26-episode podcast for writing the first draft of an 80,000 word novel over the course of a year. We’ll be reading: 1) THE ONE YEAR NOVELIST by L. M. Lilly, 2) STORY GENIUS by Lisa Cron, and 3) THIS YEAR YOU WRITE YOUR NOVEL by Walter Mosley. Want to join? Get the books and start with episode 1! In today’s episode we’ll be recapping ch. 5 & 6 of THE ONE YEAR NOVELIST and ch. 7 of STORY GENIUS. For next time, please read and complete the writing prompts in ch. 7 & 8 of THE ONE YEAR NOVELIST. For extra credit, read and work through ch. 8 of STORY GENIUS and p. 13-15 in THIS YEAR YOU WRITE YOUR NOVEL. Good luck & happy writing!

Welcome to episode #3 of NOVEL MARATHON, a 26-episode podcast aimed at writing the first draft of an 80,000 word novel over the course of a year. We’ll be reading: 1) THE ONE YEAR NOVELIST by L. M. Lilly, 2) STORY GENIUS by Lisa Cron, and 3) THIS YEAR YOU WRITE YOUR NOVEL by Walter Mosley. In this episode we’ll be recapping ch. 3 & 4 of THE ONE YEAR NOVELIST and talk through the exercises in ch. 5 of STORY GENIUS. To join, get the books and complete the readings and exercises suggested in each chapter. Between now and the next show please work through the writing prompts in ch. 5 & 6 of THE ONE YEAR NOVELIST and finish the exercises in ch. 5 of STORY GENIUS. For extra credit, go ahead and read ch. 7 of STORY GENIUS titled “What Next? The Beauty of Cause and Effect” — we’ll be talking about that next time. Good luck, happy writing & let’s check back in how it’s going in episode #4!

Welcome to episode #2 of NOVEL MARATHON, a 26-episode podcast aimed at writing the first draft of an 80,000 word novel over the course of a year. We’ll be reading: 1) THE ONE YEAR NOVELIST by L. M. Lilly, 2) STORY GENIUS by Lisa Cron, and 3) THIS YEAR YOU WRITE YOUR NOVEL by Walter Mosley. In this episode, we’ll be reviewing ch. 1 & 2 of THE ONE YEAR NOVELIST and ch. 1 through 4 of STORY GENIUS. To join, get the books and complete the readings and the exercises suggested in each chapter. Looking ahead, in advance of the next show, we’ll be working through ch. 3 & 4 of THE ONE YEAR NOVELIST and ch. 5 of STORY GENIUS. Good luck, happy writing & let’s check in how it’s going in episode #3!

Welcome to episode #1 of NOVEL MARATHON, a 26-episode podcast aimed at writing the first draft of an 80,000 word novel over the course of a year. We’ll be reading: 1) THE ONE YEAR NOVELIST by L. M. Lilly, chapters 1-2 2) STORY GENIUS by Lisa Cron, chapters 1-4 3) THIS YEAR YOU WRITE YOUR NOVEL by Walter Mosley, p. 3-13. To join, complete the readings and the exercises suggested in the chapters. Good luck, happy writing & let’s check in again in two weeks!