Welcome to the Wakefield Doctrine (the theory of clarks, scotts and rogers)
the part of the boat where the name ‘Roann’ is? that’s the fo’c’s’le (sleep and eat there…work everywhere else)
So here’s the thing, I need to write a Post before I get pulled into my work-world. (I’m also trying to learn to become a better writer… so let me think out loud here, ok?) You, the Reader, have a couple of Questions at this point:
- Why does he need to write a Post
- What does he mean by ‘(being)pulled into his ‘world-world’
- What does he mean by ‘work-world’ and
- I don’t think with parentheses… what they hell is going on here?
Fine. Here are the Answers:
1) I need to write a Post for two reasons: a) I’m trying to write ‘the Wakefield Doctrine book’ and, for reasons beyond the scope of this Post, I need to practice my ‘voice’ in writing (has something to do with how I’m trying to come across to the Reader of the book, more conversational than informational… interesting instead of pedantic. Not that I’m ever in danger of being pedantic. 2) I find that I only have a certain ‘amount of words’ to write in a given day and c) I’m always afraid that if I don’t write frequently enough, I’ll forget how to
2) I mean that there is a schedule to create, tasks and appointments that are part of my workday and, for me, I need to ‘get into character’, (Jules Winnfield in that wonderful movie, ‘Pulp Fiction’), in order to have any hope whatsoever of being effective today. The moment I start to plan my day, I’m halfway into that world
3) I believe I just told you.
4) So, I need to get something down ‘on paper’ in order to satisfy my need to do whatever-the-hell-it-is-that-I-think-I’m-doing-by-writing-this-blog, today. Not as cool as waking up carnal or waking up and running 5 miles or waking up and meditating on a bamboo mat or waking up in the fo’c’s’le of an old Eastern rig (you actually wake up because it become quieter…. the engines are slowed down because you’ve arrived at the spot where you will ‘set in’ , i.e.putting the net out, which involves physical work in one of the most … bracing of environments. It’s not just that you’re waking up outdoors! Hell, cowboys and campers do that! It’s not even that you’re in a hostile situation….soldiers and hookers experience that… it’s that the place you are, the ‘middle of the ocean’* is a place that you have no, natural business being. You are, through your technology, floating in an alien world, a ghost/demon in the quiet dark world of the fishes that swim below. Totally at the mercy of the elements, (wind and temperature, sky and water). Waking up and going up on deck ( the fo’c’s’le of an Eastern rig is in the bow, the foremost part of the boat and is below decks, so you need to climb a ladder to get outdoors). Working on deck means ignoring where you are and never for a moment forgetting where you are, very ….special way to wake up to a workweek.
Today’s Post title? Sometimes, all it takes is a wonderful song lyric to jumpstart a Post, ya know?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNDA_DPy3oM* for the most part, at least in the context of the Atlantic Ocean fisheries, you’re not really in the ‘middle of the ocean’… you’re on the left edge, the Continental shelf, to be somewhat technical…. the depth that you fish in is relatively shallow, maybe, 600 feet versus 6,000 (the shelf drops off very sharply…well, yeah just like a shelf…google it)
About clarkscottroger
Creativity. Ah, yes. :) And…we’re going to see some creativity on my end very soon. But not for reasons you might think. Let’s just call it a “change in venue” and a much needed one at that. That’s all I can say for now…couldn’t call in Saturday night, but I will bring y’all up to speed very soon. :)
oh man!! (excellent ‘teaser’… aka movie trailers… “…the surprise twist will have you on the edge of your seat!”) lol we’ll be there as we are every Saturday 8:00 to 8:45
What Clark said…what a tease! Can’t wait to learn of your “creativity”:)
While I do enjoy blogging, I also feel a sense of duty as well. I don’t write every day, but when too many days go by without something new on the blog, I find myself thinking, “I really need to write a post!”
yeah… though I suspect that I’m less secure in my writing than you, I fear that I’ll forget how to write a readable post (don’t laugh…go to the first year to 18 months of this here blog here). lol
“Not that I’m ever in danger of being pedantic.” Stop it . Not you.
lol
boy my computer is just doin its own thang today… so I was also gonna say… I really do like your voice here I think it is conversational… like I said before I think this is your format for the functional presentation of this here theory here…Im glad youre capitalizing on it.
while I was beginning to think in that direction, thank you for reinforcing it. Hearing viewpoints from the outside world (outside my head) makes a huge difference, especially from a respected source. More to follow…
That itty bitty place in the front of the boat is where you eat and sleep? Claustrophobia!
I “need” to write, but I don’t need to write every day. I don’t want to write just for the sake of writing, which is why the A to Z Challenge was sooo hard.
Parentheses are our friend IF USED CORRECTLY.
Wish I had some pictures… bunks (against the curve of the hull) in the most front part, (in the boat I spent most of my time) a table in the middle (between the bunks) benches for seating, a big iron stove (burned fuel oil) which was kinda cool because there were these springs that were used to divide the top of the stove, so the pots and pans didn’t slide around from the motion of the boat when you’re trying to cook, a sink and an ice box (seriously! an insulated cabinet that we put ice into (we had plenty of that from the fish hold)… but nice an warm in the winter and comfortable place to sleep.
Dyanne’s comment is about where I live. I enjoy writing, I need to write because I enjoy it, but I don’t need it in the ohmygodican’tbreatheifidon’twrite kind of way. What Dyanne said about writing for the sake of writing is true for me – it’s why I could never do one of those every day challenge things. I don’t want to just put something out to say I did it. I think it works for some people, not for others, and I’m completely impressed by those who can manage it. Just not for me. Not to mention, this little thing called life really prevents that. Not every day allows for the freedom to sit and write as long as I may want to, so my writing has to be part of the complicated equation of my overall life.
And then there’s the part where I just don’t like to be told what to do, so the whole A to Z or a similar challenge would just rub me wrong and make me refuse to comply! :D
“…this little thing called life really prevents that.”
This is at the heart of my description of writing before the day begins. It is not so much that there remains no time in the day to write, it’s just that I have not been able to be of the mind to participate in the ‘real’ world and write. One or the other. sorta
as to not writing ‘just for the sake of writing’. I have an advantage in that I am trying to learn to write… unlike my student days, I am enjoying the process of reading others and trying to figure out what they do that makes their writing better than mine… so I do tend to write even on the rare days that I don’t have an incredible Doctrine insight or a subversively funny view of the actions of the people in my life.
I’m caught between desire to write more regularly and lack of an effective plan for making an appropriate amount of time available. I guess I’m still sorting out the purpose of the blog (because the original one seems to have dissipated) and figuring out what my schedule is now that I’m working for myself and no longer sick (knock on wood). I’ll figure it out at some point. I get ideas, but they feel half-baked and I don’t muster up enough motivation to tend to them until they are fully baked. It’s just where I’m at right now…trying to slog through this little funk period.
That’s an interesting way Kristi expressed her thought about writing – “sense of duty”.
I kind of feel like that myself. In spite of a small readership and perhaps because of that fact, I feel as if I have a responsibility to produce new material. Afterall, I voluntarily created a blog so if folks are taking the time to swing by GirlieOnTheEdge, well Girlie better have something new for them to read! LOL