Comments on: Episode 9 – P.G. Holyfield and John R. Swift http://www.podioracket.com/main/2009/06/02/episode-9-pg-holyfield-and-john-r-swift/ What are you putting in your ears? Thu, 13 May 2010 06:15:06 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: hroulo http://www.podioracket.com/main/2009/06/02/episode-9-pg-holyfield-and-john-r-swift/comment-page-1/#comment-108 hroulo Thu, 04 Jun 2009 17:07:23 +0000 http://www.podioracket.com/main/?p=1197#comment-108 Thank you salvagebar. Great comment. I'll forward this along to John R. Swift. I've lost some of my writing before, and now make a point of having backups. Heather Thank you salvagebar. Great comment.
I’ll forward this along to John R. Swift.
I’ve lost some of my writing before, and now make a point of having backups.

Heather

]]> By: salvagebar http://www.podioracket.com/main/2009/06/02/episode-9-pg-holyfield-and-john-r-swift/comment-page-1/#comment-107 salvagebar Thu, 04 Jun 2009 12:55:48 +0000 http://www.podioracket.com/main/?p=1197#comment-107 re John Swift's question about word processor options - File corruption over time is, unfortunately, something that happens at a lower level than the choice of word processor software. It has more to do with your hard drive and the way information is written to/read from it. I do prefer OpenOffice to Word, however. To protect your investment I recommend some or all of the following, but most especially number 1 and number 2 : 1) Save copies of the manuscript in plain '.txt' format, as well as the native format (.doc for Word, .odt for OpenOffice). These plain text files will preserve your words and carriage returns, and the formatting standards for this file type will never change, unlike the native formats. 2) Save your manuscript files regularly to some place other than your main hard drive. I recommend BOTH burning CD's with the files and labeling them clearly, AND investing in getting a separate drive used only for backing up your main HD data. Learn to use some backup solution (there are many) and, if you write every day, do it AT LEAST once a month, in your case. How much is one month of your writing worth to you? 3) Save copies over time, with a simple date stamp in the file name (e.g. "Murder_3APR2011"). 4) Save chapters as individual files, if that can fit in with your writing style. re John Swift’s question about word processor options – File corruption over time is, unfortunately, something that happens at a lower level than the choice of word processor software. It has more to do with your hard drive and the way information is written to/read from it. I do prefer OpenOffice to Word, however.
To protect your investment I recommend some or all of the following, but most especially number 1 and number 2 :
1) Save copies of the manuscript in plain ‘.txt’ format, as well as the native format (.doc for Word, .odt for OpenOffice). These plain text files will preserve your words and carriage returns, and the formatting standards for this file type will never change, unlike the native formats.
2) Save your manuscript files regularly to some place other than your main hard drive. I recommend BOTH burning CD’s with the files and labeling them clearly, AND investing in getting a separate drive used only for backing up your main HD data. Learn to use some backup solution (there are many) and, if you write every day, do it AT LEAST once a month, in your case. How much is one month of your writing worth to you?
3) Save copies over time, with a simple date stamp in the file name (e.g. “Murder_3APR2011″).
4) Save chapters as individual files, if that can fit in with your writing style.

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