New Ideas and Old Books

so, you know. never stop writing.

I am used to Word autosaving relentlessly; for the last few years it didn't really even have a "File>Save" command that I could see--it just autosaved like every five seconds or something. It took me a long time to get used not clicking File>Save at the end of every writing session, and I never really trusted it--with good reason, it turns out.

Apparently, when you turn off Word's new ai features, AutoSave is disabled and cannot be turned back on. There is toggle button in the upper left for it, but when I try to toggle it on, it says "Autosave is not available because of your privacy settings." I worked in my document yesterday, put my computer to sleep with the doc still open on the taskbar (my usual habit), and when I opened it today, the new work I did yesterday was gone.

This time I only lost about 300 words, which I had typed into my document from my longhand-writing in a notebook (so I guess I kind of autosaved them that way!), but if I'd really been on a roll, this could have been a disaster.

mhmm, yeah, I think I just got a great story idea I think I should write it down *After writing one chapter* - Oh wow, this is easy, I wonder why people say it's difficult - maybe I should write a chapter a day - I could finish it in a year *yaps about book* - I still can't believe I wrote that, omg, I'm a genius *the next day* - still going strong - I think I need a thesaurus - yeah I need a thesaurus - It still isn't that hard *yaps about book* *the next week* someone: "I thought you were writing a story' me: Oh yeah, I forgot, lemme go continue it - okay, I'm bored - What's the other word for 'walk' again? I've used walk way to many times - Ughhhhh when am I gonna reach that part - Yayyyy I finally reached that part!!!! *yaps about book* *the next month* "I DON'T WANNA WRITEEEEE" - but I have tooooooo *glares at page for a solid five minutes* - I CAN'T FIND THE WORDDDD - I SWEAR IT WAS IN MY HEAD JUST A MINUTE AGOOOO WHERE IS ITTTTT - UGHHHHHH I IT'S BOOORINGGGG *disassociates* - oh right, I'm supposed to write, I'll do it tomorrow *at night* *imagining scenes that I wouldn't get to write until I published this book and started writing the next book* *yaps about book instead of writing* *major changes to plotline* *random bursts of inspiration* *force myself to write but when I write I need to force myself to stop* *lock in* *The next month* Me: Yeah, I'm in a writing slump someone: "you mean you hit a plot hole?" Me: No, I know what's gonna happen in the story, I have the next chapter planned out in my head, I just don't wanna write someone: "Isn't that procrastination" Me: YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW HARD IT IS! *Editing* - Oh gods - I can't do this anymore - was I really that stupid *crying* - OMG, I WAS SOOOO STUPIDDDD - I CAN'T EVEN BELIEVE ITTT - I WANNA MURDER MYSELF!!! *my friend does the editing cause I keep bursting into tears at my own stupidness* *she is also surprised by my stupidness*