The worst feeling in the world.

That moment when you realize all of your hardwork you put into writing is gone. Whether you lost the file on your computer, the file didn't save after a long writing session, or you lose the flashdrive/notebook with everything in it. I am currently experiencing the last one. Has anyone gone through this pain so I know I am not alone?

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Permalink Reply by DeShaun on July 11, 2012 at 9:49pm

Oh no. You can't let something like that stop you from writing.

Permalink Reply by Priyanka Gulati on July 13, 2012 at 12:47am

i tried. i just felt like id lost a lot. those poems were all from the worst part of my depression. and i suppose after putting it all out on paper i had nothing to draw from. and i had nothing to show for the inspiration i'd exhausted :\

Permalink Reply by DeShaun on July 13, 2012 at 1:39am

aww that sucks. Have you tried maybe trying to draw from some other places of inspiration?

Permalink Reply by Priyanka Gulati on July 13, 2012 at 6:00pm

i stopped writing poems and now i write stories. so maybe ive just moved on to a more detailed way of writing?

Permalink Reply by DeShaun on July 15, 2012 at 3:42pm

that is pretty awesome.

Permalink Reply by Caroline LM on July 12, 2012 at 1:57am

I keep physical backups but I write using Google docs so I don't have to panic so much..

Permalink Reply by Amy Zukas on July 12, 2012 at 8:05am

Now I do that too, and the only thing we have to worry about is loosing internet access, or Google exploding.

Permalink Reply by Caroline LM on July 12, 2012 at 8:54am

Yeah, that's why I keep local copies on my hard drive too but I'm very forgetful about back-ups...

Permalink Reply by NerdyClarinetGirl17 on July 12, 2012 at 2:15pm

My computer's hard drive got messed up and deleted EVERYTHING on the computer. I lost all of my stuff. Now, I back up my computer daily with Time Machine and keep all of my files on a flashdrive that I bring with me everywhere. I also save a copy of the flashdrive's stuff onto my computer and the other computers in the house. Call me paranoid, but I lost three stories with more than twenty chapters and a whole lot of fanfiction. I think I cried....

Permalink Reply by Andrew Coleburn on July 12, 2012 at 11:27pm

had a moleskine notebook full of poems and stories and things.....left in the back pocket of my jeans and it went through the washer... horrible. But ive herad of people doing crazy things to make sure they don't ever lose their work. I heard of a writer (forget who, or where i heard this) who, after his writing session for the day, would save a copy of all his work to a disc, and then hide this disc in the glove compartment of his truck in case something horrible happened.

Permalink Reply by Kylie Wagnon on July 13, 2012 at 12:18am

I lost my composition notebook at school once, sort of. It was in my backpack first class, then a couple classes later I noticed it was missing. I had a panic attack and had a legit freak out in the restroom. The notebook had all my poetry, short stories, and ideas written in it. IT WAS MY LIFE. Somehow, like four classes later though, it turned up in my bag again. I still haven't figured out where it went all day... But I was so relieved when I got it back.

And just a couple months ago, my laptop crashed and I lost all my work. Now I copy everything to two flash drives, just in case it happens again. I hope you find yours. :)