If youre down to 5,000, thats gravy.
Here are some things to try.
But since the world is round (it really is, I promise) its always midnightsomewhere.
When its midnight on the east coast, its only 7pm in Hawaii.
But if youwereto get sick, your boss or friends would totally understand that you have to stay home.
Write or Die, a writing tool that does bad things if you stop typing.
Its like the bus inSpeed, but for writing.
Especially if youre stuck on a plot point or a bit of world building, just freewrite.
Thats a technical writerly term for writing down whatever youre thinking.
Maybe she sneaks on.
Yeah that sounds good.
I wonder if there are any cookies downstairs.
That was over 100 words and it took mere seconds to write.
I dont even know who Matilda is.
So find something youdoknow how to write.
Maybe you’re able to send a character to the doctor.
see to it to have them run errands afterward and pick up their prescription.
So mix it up!
Or maybe as theyre squaring up to fight, theres an earthquake that demolishes the bar.
Even Cheaper Tricks
Look, you do what you have to.
Give your characters lengthier names.
Have a two-headed character(or, fine, two separate characters) who get into arguments abouteverything.
Write a lot of appendices.
Have your characters on a spaceship?
Write the ships technical manual.
Make an appendix thats a timeline of how things actually happened and in what order.
List the names of all the horses in the town and what color they are.
Do you know how to knit?Have one character teach another how to knit.
Dont spare any detail.
Dont delete anything, ever.
Have a scene that doesnt quite work?
Well, you wrote it, so it counts.
Your characters favorite recipes and song lyrics deserve space in the book, dont you think?
you’re able to do this.
I believe in you.
