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!