Where do you store your work(s) in progress?

Hurricane John · Post by **Hurricane John** » 12 Jun 2014, 14:39

I like to store my work in progress on my hard drive, my tablet, on a thumb drive and in print copy.
Got all the bases covered, I think?

laureng · Post by **laureng** » 14 Jun 2014, 16:52

I store everything digitally. If something is not on my computer it is usually on my external hard drive.

volpe-rossa · Post by **volpe-rossa** » 12 Jul 2014, 18:50

Google Docs. I can share them if need be, or allow someone to come in and add notes if I'd like a collaborator.

Vimtuous · Post by **Vimtuous** » 14 Jul 2014, 10:53

I save everything to my computer and then it backs up in my google drive periodically. I've also got an external hardrive that I use to back everything up on my computer once in a while. I've lost so many docs in the past I try to keep it from happening as much as possible.

Also making sure autosave is enabled on whatever program I'm working with is super important.

Hannaa_Campbell · Post by **Hannaa_Campbell** » 14 Jul 2014, 12:08

I store everything on my good'ol laptop. I often use an app called 'Evernote' I really recommend this for laptop users who want to make quick notes.

SidnayC · Post by **SidnayC** » 14 Jul 2014, 13:48

For me personally I just like writing and storing my work on the computer and use different folders with a main folder to keep everything organized like chapters...ideas... characters. I also store on my USB after.

ipekbunsal · Post by **ipekbunsal** » 07 Aug 2014, 04:02

I store it in my laptop.

annareads · Post by **annareads** » 08 Aug 2014, 01:11

I save everything in Google Drive. As a student it saves my life because I can get to my work anywhere, and as a writer it's so easy to share with people for editing / critiquing / etc.

SharisseEM · Post by **SharisseEM** » 28 Oct 2014, 10:22

I generally store it on my laptop because I've lost precious work when I placed it all in dropbox. It was a real heartbreaker. I keep my notes backed up in writing and due to corrupted thumb drives, I don't really back it up anywhere else. I just keep ensuring that my laptop is well-protected and that I take really good care of my laptop as well. But I do backup my computer every once in awhile just in case something happens.

lehel_vandor · Post by **lehel_vandor** » 28 Oct 2014, 17:38

Mostly locally with two backups (I know, this is paranoid

), but from time to time I upload it also on google drive. Latter I just use for "checkpoint" versions, i.e. whenever some larger chunk of the work is ready.

milliethom · Post by **milliethom** » 30 Oct 2014, 10:00

My books are stored on the hard drives of my desk top computer and two laptops. I have three memory sticks/flash drives as well. I also have print copies of both of my books, the one already digitally published and the one almost there. Like many other people, I do fear losing my documents, especially on the memory sticks. It's hard to think that anyone could 'steal' your work. I also dread computers completely crashing, taking all my work with them!

CA_Griffith · Post by **CA_Griffith** » 31 Oct 2014, 09:03

I opened a dedicated email account and send a dated copy at the end of my daily writing. Also store a dated copy on a flash drive and save a dated file on my hard drive.