Sometimes having a whole day in front of me to write is intimidating. I wonder what I could possibly have to write that will fill the hours. My trick is to give myself a deadline for some other errand. Say, by eleven I need to buy groceries. What usually happens is I feel pressure from the deadline, and I don’t want to stop writing when the times arrives. I’m always surprised by the scenes that appear and develop into a novel. I try to reminded myself to have faith in the process. If it doesn’t work, at least I can distract myself with an errand and try again later. Buying something delicious for lunch always helps.