I had this problem in a novel I'm writing. It absolutely has to take place over a period of seven days, and Tuesday is... the character's day off. Given that the entire story centres on her place of work, there wasn't much for her to do, so I glossed over that particular day and... it felt awkward. Really, really awkward.
I replotted it recently, just shuffling bits of the plot around, and realised that I could use that empty day to introduce a few important plot points, and that some of the events could be shuffled around on the timeline so that there weren't any awkward gaps like there were before.
I wouldn't say you should find something interesting to shove in there just so it's not empty, but if that gap is bothering you... can a bit of the build up to the event on the third day be shifted into the second, or the aftermath of the first day? Is there something later on in the story that needs explaining that you could work into the second day?
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Date: 2009-05-02 01:46 am (UTC)I replotted it recently, just shuffling bits of the plot around, and realised that I could use that empty day to introduce a few important plot points, and that some of the events could be shuffled around on the timeline so that there weren't any awkward gaps like there were before.
I wouldn't say you should find something interesting to shove in there just so it's not empty, but if that gap is bothering you... can a bit of the build up to the event on the third day be shifted into the second, or the aftermath of the first day? Is there something later on in the story that needs explaining that you could work into the second day?