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BigmanPigman

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3. I write everything down and save it

Reply to Star-Thrower (Original post)

Tue May 4, 2021, 10:50 PM

May 2021

since I do not know much about tech. I know enough to know that I could easily lose everything by tapping the wrong button just once. I have lost stuff when I first started using computers in the 90s and learned really fast not to trust my tech know how to come to my rescue. I am hardly above the "basics" level still but I am aware of my limitations.

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My Absence from the Artist and poetry group [View all] Star-Thrower May 2021 OP

'Save everything, every thought, every idea, every image in your mind. Write everything.' elleng May 2021 #1

Glad you got most of it back. Can't imagine the panic of losing your best work. Hoyt May 2021 #2

A big Star-Thrower May 2021 #6

I write everything down and save it BigmanPigman May 2021 #3

BigmanPigman Star-Thrower May 2021 #7

Yes, I document and save everything BigmanPigman May 2021 #8

It can be heartbreaking to lose your work lunatica May 2021 #4

yes luniatica Star-Thrower May 2021 #5