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Contests & Activities: August 16, 2023 Issue [#12120]




 This week: Back it Up!
  Edited by: NaNoNette Author IconMail Icon
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Table of Contents

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

Where are all the contests and activities?

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Letter from the editor

Back it Up!


Every now and then, I see it that someone posts on the newsfeed that they lost pages, drafts, and even whole books to the digital abyss.

I am not exaggerating when I tell you, those lost words make me feel as if I got sucker punched. There is nothing worse for a writer than to realize that hours, maybe days of hard work disappeared.

A true story from my life: After writing a whole chapter over the course of about eight hours, my computer glitched out. To get it back to life, I had to force reset it to a "previous" point. That previous point was sometime before those eight hours. All of my work was gone! *Cry* It took me four weeks to try and retype it. It was never the same.

Don't let that be your story.

If you are planning to write directly into an item here on Writing.Com, make sure you fill out all the fields before you start typing the main text. Enter at title, an intro line, fill out the parts below the textbox. Put the title or the first sentence into the textbox and hit the "Save & Edit" button. Now that the scaffolding has been erected, keep building your writing. Frequently hit that "Save & Edit" button. Every few words.

If you are writing online in a cloud-based system, make sure it is set up to automatically save your words every few seconds. If you are writing in Word, treat that similar to creating an item here. Give your document a title and choose where on your computer you want to save it. Once you've got that out of the way, remember to click the save button every couple of minutes. You can also set it up to save automatically.

Never trust your writing to only one place.

Once you think you are finished typing for a session, choose one or all of these options to ensure your words can be retrieved whenever you want to have them.

*Bullet* Email them to yourself - ideally to two different email addresses
*Bullet* Create an item here on Writing.Com (set it to private if you want)
*Bullet* Save it to an external hard drive
*Bullet* Burn it onto a CD (that's kinda old now)
*Bullet* Print them out on paper -- Never goes out of style and never runs out of battery

How do you keep all your precious words safe?


Editor's Picks

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The Weekly Quickie Contest Open in new Window. (18+)
Can you excite in 969 words? Romance+ Contest. -Closed for NaNoWriMo
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Kit's Higher Ratings Contest Open in new Window. (18+)
A contest for items with a higher content rating.
#887621 by NaNoKit Author IconMail Icon

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Blog Week Birthday Bastion 2024 Open in new Window. (13+)
Blogging event from September 1-7, 2024. Closed.
#2277665 by WakeUpAndLive~doingNaNo'24 Author IconMail Icon

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Ladies Night Out Contest Open in new Window. (18+)
Creative Story Writing ~ CLOSED
#1969414 by Creeper Of The Realm Author IconMail Icon

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Memorable Malaprops/Mondegreens Contest Open in new Window. (13+)
Write a flash fiction about your most memorable mishear to win up to 10K GP and an award!
#2298989 by OnlyMagicInkGlows Author IconMail Icon

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Short Shots: Official WDC Contest Open in new Window. (ASR)
Use the photo to inspire your creativity. Write a short story and win big prizes!
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#2300317 by Not Available.

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Monsters & ghouls have taken over the Siesta Fiesta! Help Juan escape the nightmare!
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Give A Gift  Open in new Window. (E)
Merit Badges, Awardicons, Trophies ... oh, my!
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Throw a Hot Potato Open in new Window. (E)
Who is going to be the last one to hold the Hot Potato?
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Ask & Answer

Replies to my last Contests & Activities newsletter "No Time for Doldrums" Open in new Window. that asked: Are you holding back on writing and reviewing during summer?

I guess that is a resounding "yes" since I didn't get any replies.

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