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Noticing Newbies: September 30, 2015 Issue [#7235]

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Noticing Newbies


 This week: Safer Writing
  Edited by: Annette Author IconMail Icon
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1. About this Newsletter
2. A Word from our Sponsor
3. Letter from the Editor
4. Editor's Picks
5. A Word from Writing.Com
6. Ask & Answer
7. Removal instructions

About This Newsletter

Hello newcomers to the site and seasoned members alike, I am Annette Author Icon, your guest editor for this issue.


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Letter from the editor

Safer Writing


How can you protect your writing from deadly deletion?


How much care do you take to protect those precious words you wrote or typed up? If you wrote long hand, it will take quite a bit of a disaster to lose your writing since paper is crash-proof. If you typed on a computer, there are way too many things that can go wrong for you to trust your writing to only that one device.

For a writer, there is nothing worse than spending hours or even days on a piece to see it perma-deleted due to a power outtage, computer problem, or some other electronic mishap.

Saving on your computer:

*Clock2* Set your computer up to auto-save every few minutes. Two is good. Hopefully you can recover whatever you typed in two minutes should your machine glitch.

*Printer* If you have a printer, make a copy on paper and put it in a safe place.

*Mail* Email the text to yourself and maybe a trusted friend. Or create email accounts with two different providers. They shouldn't both die on the same day.

*Cd* Burn your writing to CD or an external drive.

*WDC* Save it as an item on WdC.

If you are writing on this site directly, make sure to hit that "Save and Edit" button frequently. That way, even if your computer, tablet, or phone loses connection, it's saved to the site. Careful, only the things typed before you hit that save button are saved. So use it often.

*Dollar* A free membership allows you to keep up to ten items stored on the site. However, if you only put your writing up here and then disappear for a long time, your account can get deleted to free up the space on the server. A paid membership allows you more items depending on the membership level, but it reverts back to 10 that you have access to if the paid membership expires. Be sure to keep a copy of everything you post here in another place. Going back to the same methods as above. (print, email, save to computer, save to disc or drive)




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Just something I came up with.
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The chosen is awakened.
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 The colonel's secret Open in new Window. (E)
The chapter 1 of a book on World War 2 spy story situated in Leyte, Philippines .
#2058610 by emiljust Author IconMail Icon

 Make me the Wild Open in new Window. (E)
A poem I wrote while sitting shotgun on our way back west.
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 Disparities Open in new Window. (E)
Two teenagers face off in a battle of wills.
#2058381 by Djoser Author IconMail Icon

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A fantasy story set in a modern-day town. Written in scenes instead of chapters.
#2058326 by Mony Author IconMail Icon

 What Else Could I Say? Open in new Window. (18+)
A girl attends a funeral and explores the awkwardness of the situation.
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