It seems like April was a good month for me, writing-wise. Yay!
Here are the stats for my April Tally:
- 620 words for one assignment of my Screenwriting Studies
- Six chapters of my UF novel, which total 16.058 words *awesomesauce*
- One synopsis for said UF novel, 825 words
- 5.333 words for Chamaeleon Chronicles
- ca. 4.500 words of an outline for my next UF project
In total, that makes an amazing sum of 27.336 words!
Compared to the months before, that's quite a bit more:
January: 19.675 words
February: 15.781 words
March: 19.215 words
Hopefully I'll manage to keep going at this rate.
Sunday, May 5, 2013
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Backing Up Your Writing In A Safe Location
Just the thought of this happening to me made me tear up! Imagine not just one of your manuscripts falling prey to a computer virus or crash - but all of them. The finished, the unfinished, the notes on plot and characters, even just the snippets of ideas...
As Vizzini would say: In. Con. Ceiveable.
I do have a rather crude system of backing up my writing: every now and again, but alas, nowhere near to every time I write anything, I will email my writing to myself.
Literary Agent Rachelle Gardner, author of the post linked to above, also provides easy ways to back up your writing in real time, as in 'you write it, you save it'. Much safer than the emailing thing.
So this post will remain short today, because I'm off to set up iCloud RIGHT NOW!
On the other hand, if your work is 'in the cloud', wouldn't it be easy for someone to hack it? Not that anyone would want to hack my writing, but imagine you're JK Rowling or Stephen King? Then that 'safe' location might not be so safe after all.
Hm... something to research for a later post.
As Vizzini would say: In. Con. Ceiveable.
I do have a rather crude system of backing up my writing: every now and again, but alas, nowhere near to every time I write anything, I will email my writing to myself.
Literary Agent Rachelle Gardner, author of the post linked to above, also provides easy ways to back up your writing in real time, as in 'you write it, you save it'. Much safer than the emailing thing.
So this post will remain short today, because I'm off to set up iCloud RIGHT NOW!
On the other hand, if your work is 'in the cloud', wouldn't it be easy for someone to hack it? Not that anyone would want to hack my writing, but imagine you're JK Rowling or Stephen King? Then that 'safe' location might not be so safe after all.
Hm... something to research for a later post.
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