Not Sure How To Save My Story

[Lezbiana]

So my cousin tried to take it upon herself to finish my story while I was going through some things and she took it to some crazy place and I dont I think I can save it but I need some ideas.. Im not entirely stumped but I am confused.

 

[Trip_Dalton]

Try left click drag to select it, and then right click copy, or right click>select all, and paste in a document you can save. (notepad, word pad, MS Word,)

 

[PennLady]

I think Trip's got it. Get to the text, hit select all, then Ctrl-C (or Edit/Copy, or Command-C on a Mac) and open some kind of word processor or text editor and paste it in (Ctrl-V, or Command-V on a Mac, or Edit/Paste). Then save.

I have to say, though, I'm not sure how your cousin could have taken the text to somewhere you can't save it.

 

[elfin_odalisque]

Just a thought. Like it makes sense to save your story as you write it, it is worth saving versions as you progress as a kind of back-up.

If someone else 'helps' you with a story, keep each version saved separately.

Trip has got good advice.

 

[oggbashan]

Just a thought. Like it makes sense to save your story as you write it, it is worth saving versions as you progress as a kind of back-up.

If someone else 'helps' you with a story, keep each version saved separately.

Trip has got good advice.

I use version control:

Story01 1st draft, or part draft
Story02 2nd draft with more text
Story03 3rd draft with yet more text.

After I have written the title, the copyright statement and the first sentence I save as Story01, and continue to use Story01 until I stop a continuous session of writing, or I have added a significant amount of text. Each version is where I stopped writing for the day, or a meal break. I use Word and have Autosave switched on.

When I reach the end of the story I change to StoryFinal while editing, spell-checking, re-reading. Before I post to Literotica the title is changed again to a bare 'Story'. If I have to amend it when previewing, I download a copy when it is posted and call that 'StoryLit'.

Story or possibly StoryLit is the definitive version filed in my 'Completed' folder. All earlier drafts are then moved to a folder called 'olddrafts'.

 

[JackLuis]

Generally a hot lez trio will spark up a story. Just make sure that you describe the clit licking well.

 

[Hypoxia]

Generally a hot lez trio will spark up a story. Just make sure that you describe the clit licking well.

The other way to save a story is to... wait, there is no other way. Ratz.

 

[Handley_Page]

The other way to save a story is to... wait, there is no other way. Ratz.

Save it to a memory stick ?
But the most important one is "keep your cousin off the bloody machine".

 

[RejectReality]

Uhmmm... I think everybody's misreading this.

If I'm correct, the OP is talking about a story already in progress, which her cousin wrote and posted a new chapter for. The problem is that the direction taken in this chapter doesn't jive with the OP's muse.

Assuming I'm correct, I would suggest pulling the offending chapter(s) and writing them the way you want to.

To do this, start a new submission, using the same title as before ( or as much as will fit ) for each problem chapter, plus the word *DELETE* DEL or something similar.

Then, in the "notes" and "story text" sections of the submission form, explain that you want to delete the chapters. ( Fill out one, then copy and paste to the other, since you need something in the "story text" section to submit )

When you submit the new chapter you've written in the way you want, you may want to include a note at the beginning saying that they're reposts. If you want to explain that someone was meddling, do so, but at least say they're reposts. That will stop some complaining that happens sometimes.

Then proceed with your story the way you want to write it.

 

[PennLady]

Uhmmm... I think everybody's misreading this.

If I'm correct, the OP is talking about a story already in progress, which her cousin wrote and posted a new chapter for. The problem is that the direction taken in this chapter doesn't jive with the OP's muse.

I think you're right, and I was just way too linear when reading the OP and the following post. Good advice to the OP.

 

[oggbashan]

I think you're right, and I was just way too linear when reading the OP and the following post. Good advice to the OP.

Re-reading the OP, I think that's right too, and good advice.

One advantage of my version control detailed in post #5 above is that I can go back to an earlier version if the story starts wandering off into an unusual direction, while keeping the unusual version too.

I have one story that has been sitting in the pending file for years. It started with one plot outline and continued through to Version 04 before the characters decided to change the plot. Version 05 wrecked my original vision but I continued, wondering where it was going until Version 07 when the story became stupidly complicated. The first 3,000 or so words would have had to be rewritten entirely to fit the direction of Version 07.

I went back to Version 04 and tried to restart as 'Storyoriginal'. I got to Storyoriginal Version 06 when that one started wandering as well.

So now I have two incomplete long stories, one at Story07, and the other at Storyoriginal06, but both are stalled because of plot conflicts.

Do I go back to Version 04 and try again? Or just say 'Sod it!' and abandon all versions?

Because I save all versions of incomplete stories I could pick up at any stage in the plot and start again. I'm reluctant to scrap it completely because I think the premise is good. I don't have to. I can save dozens of versions of the story using less space than a single large picture or short video.

When I first starting using a Wordprocessor, storage space was expensive and limited but I could keep dozens of stories on a 360k 5.25 inch floppy.

Now I have several thousand Word files with all the intermediate versions of my stories still retained, sometimes two or three times in different folders, and I don't care that I'm wasting disk space. If I come close to the limit, I could double my hard disk space for a few pounds.

 

[49greg]

Re-reading the OP, I think that's right too, and good advice.

One advantage of my version control detailed in post #5 above is that I can go back to an earlier version if the story starts wandering off into an unusual direction, while keeping the unusual version too.

I have one story that has been sitting in the pending file for years. It started with one plot outline and continued through to Version 04 before the characters decided to change the plot. Version 05 wrecked my original vision but I continued, wondering where it was going until Version 07 when the story became stupidly complicated. The first 3,000 or so words would have had to be rewritten entirely to fit the direction of Version 07.

I went back to Version 04 and tried to restart as 'Storyoriginal'. I got to Storyoriginal Version 06 when that one started wandering as well.

So now I have two incomplete long stories, one at Story07, and the other at Storyoriginal06, but both are stalled because of plot conflicts.

Do I go back to Version 04 and try again? Or just say 'Sod it!' and abandon all versions?

Because I save all versions of incomplete stories I could pick up at any stage in the plot and start again. I'm reluctant to scrap it completely because I think the premise is good. I don't have to. I can save dozens of versions of the story using less space than a single large picture or short video.

When I first starting using a Wordprocessor, storage space was expensive and limited but I could keep dozens of stories on a 360k 5.25 inch floppy.

Now I have several thousand Word files with all the intermediate versions of my stories still retained, sometimes two or three times in different folders, and I don't care that I'm wasting disk space. If I come close to the limit, I could double my hard disk space for a few pounds.

You've mentioned your method in another thread and I really like it. I do have a folder for revised or rejected stories. There are a few early versions there, most notably the rejected version of the first story I tried to post. There's also a few outlines that I saved, but I like your more complete archiving system. I haven't started on a new story in some time, but I've got several partial stories as well as plenty of ideas. I plan on putting your system into effect the next time I work on one.

As for the OP, my first thought was that she wanted to save a copy to her computer, but after reading more posts I think she was wondering how to rescue the story. My idea is similar to those posted - delete and re-post, or post a revision, or just do a second chapter listed as an alternate version.