Knit. Sew. Clean the freaking kitchen floor. Weed the garden. Do laundry. Listen to music. Watch some of the movies I haven't watched for ages. Sleep! *grin* Tons of things if it was just one day. If it was more than one day, oh crap, I'd freak out so very badly.
My writing stagnated this week. I just couldn't spend the time I needed on it. I'm on chapter 5 of my newest novel and it's going well, just slowly. I do have problems with pacing the chapters all the time. I tend to break it into scenes and then say each scene should be about 800-1500 words (that's industry standard, FYI) and then I'll try and create a cliffhanger or scene break or something that will create drama around the 3000 word point (also industry standard for a chapter). I've done it enough that I kind of intuitively know that hey, I need to be building excitement around now or hmmm, I need another few hundred words before I end this chapter.
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Date: 2014-07-25 02:59 pm (UTC)My writing stagnated this week. I just couldn't spend the time I needed on it. I'm on chapter 5 of my newest novel and it's going well, just slowly. I do have problems with pacing the chapters all the time. I tend to break it into scenes and then say each scene should be about 800-1500 words (that's industry standard, FYI) and then I'll try and create a cliffhanger or scene break or something that will create drama around the 3000 word point (also industry standard for a chapter). I've done it enough that I kind of intuitively know that hey, I need to be building excitement around now or hmmm, I need another few hundred words before I end this chapter.
Good luck on your writing! :D