I wrote a story
One downside of working on a novel is that it's easy to go months without finishing anything.  That got to be a bit much for me this week, so I took a break and wrote a short story.

Actually, it's easy enough to go months without finishing anything even without working on a novel.  I've done that too.

Still, it's nice to finish something.  Plus, I'm pretty pleased with it.  I wrote it in scenes.  One persistent mistake I make is to write sort of "continuous action," spending time doing things getting the characters from point A to point B.  I managed not to do that this time.  I'm also prone to writing viewpoint characters whose affect is awfully flat (often to the point that they seem to be some sort of sociopath).  I managed not to do that as well.

There's still some work to do.  I'm not sure I quite earn my resolution, and I'm not sure the resolution is exactly clear.  But I need to get a bit of distance before I can tackle those things.

Still:  Good to finish something.  Good to be pleased with it.  Good to be reminded of some of my common errors, so that I can be on the lookout for them when I return to the novel--I think it suffers a bit from the "continuous action" problem.  It would benefit if I stepped back and figured out what scenes I needed, and then cut everything else.