[quote=@Frettzo]
You can always introduce side arcs in your story. They usually take a couple chapters to complete and boost your wordcount by around 5-6k. I know I was worried about where to take my story and I decided to tackle that worry by doing a side arc. Turns out that side arc turned into the perfect continuation of the main arc, so there.
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This. I was running short of story, so I just threw in some spy drama stuff and ended up with a much better storyline that spawned off of it.