This Does Not Bode Well

[pt_tangles]

I decided to give writing on the computer a chance, and in the middle of my first chapter, the cable guy comes by. Apparently, our connection is having feedback issues which is screwing up the whole network. So, I save, shut down, and let him fiddle with whatever he is fiddling with to fix our cable connection.

He leaves, we clean up, I boot up the computer and what do I find? Over a page of text is gone. Just gone. I didn't have it written down in my notebook, so I can't just retype it. No, I have to re-write it. I have to break the flow of my story to go back and do it all again.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGggggggggggggggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

I think I am going to cry :( This is not the start I was hoping for.

--Phae

Comments

[mariadkins.livejournal.com]

:comforts: This is one reason I write longhand.

[pt_tangles]

After my loss, I have been doing a combination of both. I write long hand whenever I feel stuck on a part, and then when things get flowing again, I switch back to typing.

For some reason, it is easier to see the story on a blank page than it is a blank screen.

--Phae

[mariadkins.livejournal.com]

I agree. I've never been able to compose on a computer screen. Drove my teachers in college absolutely nuts. LOL