Welcome to episode #8 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. 13 & 14 of THE ONE YEAR NOVELIST and p. 65-68 of THIS YEAR YOU WRITE YOUR NOVEL. For next time, the suggested reading is: Ch. 15 & 16 of THE ONE YEAR NOVELIST. For extra credit, please also work through ch. 10, 11 and 15 of STORY GENIUS.
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Mile 9: Character development and how to blueprint your novel scene by scene

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!