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retrowire

(10,345 posts) Mon Jan 30, 2017, 10:00 PM Jan 2017

Ugh just deleted 2 pages worth of material in my novel.

Backtracking sucks.

And I always do this. I always try to fill every blank and make my stories overly complicated. I'm not Tolkien so I need to chill the fuck out.

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Ugh just deleted 2 pages worth of material in my novel. (Original Post) retrowire Jan 2017 OP

What program are you typing in? True Dough Jan 2017 #1

Well yeah retrowire Jan 2017 #2

Oh! True Dough Jan 2017 #4

Don't delete. Cut them into an alternate file. politicat Jan 2017 #3

True Dough

(17,311 posts)

1. What program are you typing in?

Reply to retrowire (Original post)

Mon Jan 30, 2017, 10:27 PM

Jan 2017

Word has adjustable settings for auto save. It can kick in every 30 seconds if you like.

And do you know that every time you hit Control + Z it restores the page to where it was before the last commands?

retrowire

(10,345 posts)

2. Well yeah

Reply to True Dough (Reply #1)

Mon Jan 30, 2017, 11:14 PM

Jan 2017

But I meant to delete them lol

True Dough

(17,311 posts)

4. Oh!

Reply to retrowire (Reply #2)

Mon Jan 30, 2017, 11:49 PM

Jan 2017

That's a different issue entirely!

politicat

(9,808 posts)

3. Don't delete. Cut them into an alternate file.

Reply to retrowire (Original post)

Mon Jan 30, 2017, 11:49 PM

Jan 2017

Those are future ideas, dialogue for a different scene.

I assume you write by the seat of your pants (a pantser) instead of a plotter (with an outline)?

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