Love Dickens. Bleak House is a great book. Have you seen Dickinsian? A BBC production of a few years ago written like a soap (in half hour episodes) with characters from many of the novels living in the same street. Very enjoyable - especially if you are familiar with the stories and characters. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dickensian_(TV_series)

Great Freewrite. I think the pressure of the app forces ideas out of the head. And you don't get to give up because you'll lose the good stuff so you have to keep going. I've even done a few ten minute writes with that app!