I mean it. Right now! You don't want to lose this thing. Trust me.
If this is the first time you've seen this topic don't read any further. Go back up your novel NOW. If you've seen this topic before and you've written words on your novel today I know you've backed it up already. What's that? You haven't? Go, go, go!! Back up that baby now!
Ahem.
If you're wondering just how you can back up your novel, read on!
1. Email it! Email it to yourself if you're working with web-based email. Email it to a friend or family member who will keep it safe for you. Email it to yourself at work.
2. Put a copy on your USB thumb drive or your MP3 player and take it with you everywhere!
3. Other portable storage devices if you are more of a techie type, like external hard drives or other computers that you have around the home.
Back up and keep writing!
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Kerryn Angell
No Excuses. Just Write.
Kiwi Writers
NaNoEdMo
28,749 / 50,000
Nov 17, 2007 - 20 11
Thank for that reminder. I haven't backed it up sinnce two weeks ago. Damn I'd hate to loose it when i am just starting to enjoy it again.
----------"The world is seen by us all, but how do we know what we see is that seen by others? I write to open my version of the harshness and beauty of it all."
6,540 / 50,000
Nov 17, 2007 - 23 59
Cheers for that reminder Kerryn. I've got my Nano on my laptop and mp3 player, so I have been backing it up, but the laptop one has more words now so I probably should do that again. :D
52,129 / 50,000
Nov 21, 2007 - 02 51
Backed it up! It's getting so so cool, I'd so hate to lose it. I've had that happen to me before when I was making a powerpoint presentation that I was presenting the next morning, lost the whole thing, it sucked I really don't want to back there! So back it up people! :)
----------Hoolyg - the beginning is near
2007: Environmental Novel (title yet to be determined)
0/50,000 words (watch this space)
50,057 / 50,000
Nov 22, 2007 - 18 58
I'd gotten a bit lazy lately and hadn't backed up for a few days. Yesterday I went to open it and found a partially corrupted file. Thankfully I only lost about 800 words and could remember what they were. :)
51,042 / 50,000
Nov 26, 2007 - 02 45
I just wanted to ping this thread to remind people to back up again. It's important for those who are still writing but just as important for those that have finished.
Go on, email yourself another copy, stick it on that pendrive again, write another CD - just make sure you have it in two or more places.
----------Andrew Chilton - NaNoWriMo '06, '07, SoCNoC '07
KiwiWriters - have fun writing!
NaNo '07 - Macy Lights and the Battle for Ashton's Gate
51,846 / 50,000
Nov 26, 2007 - 13 41
I lost over half a novel a few years back with a botched save.
EMAIL YOURSELF A COPY OF YOUR NOVEL NOW.
That is all. =)
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2008: A year of Big Fun Scary Things... and the Top Secret Bloke's Cookbook!