Comments on: I’ve been Adrift for seven months http://doycetesterman.com/index.php/2009/09/ive-been-adrift-for-seven-months/ Perpetual projects and daily obsessions. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:51:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Unblogged Bits for Friday, 11 September 2009 | ***Dave Does the Blog http://doycetesterman.com/index.php/2009/09/ive-been-adrift-for-seven-months/comment-page-1/#comment-2573 Unblogged Bits for Friday, 11 September 2009 | ***Dave Does the Blog Sat, 12 Sep 2009 00:01:57 +0000 http://doycetesterman.com/?p=1710#comment-2573 [...] I’ve been Adrift for seven months – Grats to Doyce for the milestone, and for an intriguingly enjoyable (or enjoyably intriguing) tale. [...] [...] I’ve been Adrift for seven months – Grats to Doyce for the milestone, and for an intriguingly enjoyable (or enjoyably intriguing) tale. [...]

]]> By: The Fierce http://doycetesterman.com/index.php/2009/09/ive-been-adrift-for-seven-months/comment-page-1/#comment-2572 The Fierce Fri, 11 Sep 2009 19:40:53 +0000 http://doycetesterman.com/?p=1710#comment-2572 There has to be a less geeky term (but still a geeky one) than "grok" for "I understand this and am living it," because it's been much the same way for me and my Portal Doctor story. I sat back and looked at the word count about a week ago and squeaked, "I've a novel!" without it getting boring or too much of a demand on my lifestyle or... all those other things that keep me from finishing the stories-otherwise-in-progress. But, a lot of the enthusiasm is because it's completely seat-of-the-pants. I usually look at where I left off the last "episode" and just start writing. I didn't *know* some of the revelations that started coming up this chapter... I just stumbled into them. Which is great - because I know I'm leaving myself breadcrumbs for when I'm stuck later. Anyway, you still need a congratulations! It's a fun work - I've been enjoying reading it. There has to be a less geeky term (but still a geeky one) than “grok” for “I understand this and am living it,” because it’s been much the same way for me and my Portal Doctor story. I sat back and looked at the word count about a week ago and squeaked, “I’ve a novel!” without it getting boring or too much of a demand on my lifestyle or… all those other things that keep me from finishing the stories-otherwise-in-progress.

But, a lot of the enthusiasm is because it’s completely seat-of-the-pants. I usually look at where I left off the last “episode” and just start writing. I didn’t *know* some of the revelations that started coming up this chapter… I just stumbled into them. Which is great – because I know I’m leaving myself breadcrumbs for when I’m stuck later.

Anyway, you still need a congratulations! It’s a fun work – I’ve been enjoying reading it.

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