[kroo]

"But that's the great thing about going this fast, the novel starts to eat you and you find yourself writing any time you can just for the pure joy of it. Even better, on the days where I broke 10k, I was also pulling fantastic words-per-hour numbers, 1600 - 2000 words per hour as opposed to my usual 1500. It was clear these days were special, but I didn't know how."

This thrill of creation, when you've got the design (momentarily?) cracked and all that's left is the small matter of putting to disk what's there in your mind already, describes some of the most exciting experiences I've had writing code.

[RegEx]

I have a strange reaction to my epiphanies. When I've cracked the puzzle mentally and it's time to put the code in the text editor, I start getting extremely anxious. No clue why.

Edit: To clarify, I mean anxious associated with "anxiety", not "with great anticipation"

[X-Istence]

I know the feeling, and the reason why I start feeling anxious in the same way you do is because I know that afterwards I am going to be in a lull again, that I will be bored to tears and will have the hardest time concentrating and getting done what needs to be done until there is another hard part that needs to get done at which point I am flying again...