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!