So, I'm running hot with my words, knocking down a page nearly everyday when out of the blue- the laptop crashes! Life, huh? It's happened a lot actually. We've had so many problems with our computer. But, darn it, right when I was in the middle of my draft. Sheesh.
I was currently in chapter 6 and I was having so much fun. But now that the laptop has been sent for repairs, my beloved chapter is in danger of getting erased or deleted. Thankfully, my other five chapters have been backed up on my pen drive and my g-mail account. But I hadn't backed up Ch 6 yet.
So then I had two options- Wait until the laptop is fixed, then continue (and in the meanwhile do nothing but sit on your lazy butt). Or I can continue Ch 6 using my dad's laptop from where I remembered I had left off.
I would be uttering a darn lie if I said that the option 1 didn't appeal to me. It would indeed take a while for the laptop to get fixed. And God knows there's a procrastinator in every writer (and everybody else, I guess). But I really didn't want to break my pace. I took one day off already with the excuse of the laptop crash.
But I also really didn't feel like doing half of a chapter with the danger of the other half getting erased. It just didn't seem like it was worth it.
So I created option 3 and have decided to go with it: Start and complete next chapter. If laptop is fixed by then (and it should) complete (or redo) Ch. 6.
Still a shame, really. I was excited about Ch. 6. Oh well.
I was currently in chapter 6 and I was having so much fun. But now that the laptop has been sent for repairs, my beloved chapter is in danger of getting erased or deleted. Thankfully, my other five chapters have been backed up on my pen drive and my g-mail account. But I hadn't backed up Ch 6 yet.
So then I had two options- Wait until the laptop is fixed, then continue (and in the meanwhile do nothing but sit on your lazy butt). Or I can continue Ch 6 using my dad's laptop from where I remembered I had left off.
I would be uttering a darn lie if I said that the option 1 didn't appeal to me. It would indeed take a while for the laptop to get fixed. And God knows there's a procrastinator in every writer (and everybody else, I guess). But I really didn't want to break my pace. I took one day off already with the excuse of the laptop crash.
But I also really didn't feel like doing half of a chapter with the danger of the other half getting erased. It just didn't seem like it was worth it.
So I created option 3 and have decided to go with it: Start and complete next chapter. If laptop is fixed by then (and it should) complete (or redo) Ch. 6.
Still a shame, really. I was excited about Ch. 6. Oh well.
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