Whatever works for you. I tend to use the journey, change, theme, pace method: https://www.youtube.com/user/clickokDOTcoDOTuk/videos
I don't think either applies, or it's to not see it that way; I think the key is identifying specific issues and dealing with them. But you get to...
Working out your character arcs is first IMO.
Writing six pages a day. I hate it when I don't do that.
Freedom from limitations.
I agree. You can create your own prompts. And youtube is your friend: https://www.youtube.com/user/clickokDOTcoDOTuk/video
Doesn't matter. It's like asking who would win a fight, the Hulk or Superman. The writer decides.
I have a roughly outlined set of scenes that I try to get through each day.
It's a situation with its own set of detailed circumstances, which is material, good for building the world, events around which characters work...
"no rules" is a distraction; understanding the craft is essential
Perhaps consider the world as an arc - how does it change? That gives you start and end points and everything in between; link the change to the...
I call it craft, which can be a set of questions, for instance, what journey do the characters go on, how does it change them, how does the change...
Until the mind tires. Then I take a break. I try and write a few pages a day at least.
Invite motivation and inspiration. You do that by sitting down and starting to write.
I set myself a page count as a minimum.
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