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Joe270
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Naughty, naughty Bart! Never, ever delete your writing in its entirety. Not even when it sucks in a most spectacular fashion.
Without any doubt, it contains parts which are salvageable, whether it's a concept or a ten-word phrase or a line of dialogue.
Create a "deletions" file (or several, one for each large work) and after you Ctrl-A, hit Ctrl-X, open the deletions file and hit Ctrl-V.
Seriously, dude, you probably killed something, or several somethings, which deserved to live.
Maryn, pro-life when it comes to deletions
Without any doubt, it contains parts which are salvageable, whether it's a concept or a ten-word phrase or a line of dialogue.
Create a "deletions" file (or several, one for each large work) and after you Ctrl-A, hit Ctrl-X, open the deletions file and hit Ctrl-V.
Seriously, dude, you probably killed something, or several somethings, which deserved to live.
Maryn, pro-life when it comes to deletions
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I usually advocate the same, but, uh...
Last night, I sent the beginning of a short to the Big Trashcan In The Sky, and I'm not sorry for it.
Sometimes, crap is crap, and trying to find the salvageable gem ain't worth the hassle.Sometimes.
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Yes, quite... what Maryn just said.
p.s. I'm a card-carrying member of that pro-life chapter.
What, they've got cards? I'll have to send away...
Maryn, who's got hundreds of thousands of words in such files--but amazingly, can usually find what she wants
Maryn, who's got hundreds of thousands of words in such files--but amazingly, can usually find what she wants