Welcome to episode #5 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. 7 & 8 of THE ONE YEAR NOVELIST and ch. 8 of STORY GENIUS. For next time, please read and complete the writing prompts in ch. 9 & 10 of THE ONE YEAR NOVELIST. For extra credit, read and work through ch. 6 of STORY GENIUS. Good luck & happy writing!

Mile 6: Subplots, point of view, opening scene and how to use scene cards to avoid plot holes

Welcome to NOVEL MARATHON, a 26-episode podcast aimed at helping you write the first draft of an 80,000 word novel in about a year. We’re reading THE ONE YEAR NOVELIST by L. M. Lilly, STORY GENIUS by Lisa Cron and THIS YEAR YOU WRITE YOUR NOVEL by Walter Mosley. To join, simply listen, do the readings and complete the exercises in the assigned chapters listed in the show notes. You can expect a new episode about every two weeks. I hope you’ll join us. Good luck with your novel-in-progress!