There was an error, sorry... you threw 2 hours away.

[Wcaypaw]

So, I'm not mad... but it seems like quite a big issue to have a site where people may spend a few hours writing out a story only to have it completely lost because of a site error.

I hit submit, and away it went.
Yes, I should have saved, yes, I could have hit ctrl c.

I just think it might be a good idea for the site to not automatically dump you on a site error page and make you loose all of your progress when you hit the "submit" button.

On many other sites a simple click of the back button will restore all of your input. It wouldn't be a bad idea here.

 

[sr71plt]

Rather than the site making complicated changes (which isn't likely to happen in your lifetime), suggest that you compose somewhere else in your computer and save it before submitting. Really think this is something you should be doing rater than the Web site. Sorry it happened.

 

[PennLady]

Sorry you lost your story. I have to say, though, it wouldn't occur to me to compose a story on the site. I'd want to edit, etc., and I'd want it on my own computer. And I don't think the site means for people to write their stories using the submission page.

Hope you remember enough to put it together again.

 

[Bramblethorn]

Even if they were to add this functionality (which would presumably get in the way of other stuff on the long to-do list), you'd still be at risk of losing work through browser crashes or server reboots.

Like SR and PennLady suggested, you're better off writing it in a text program like Notepad or Word that lets you save as you go. If you don't want to save stuff on your own computer for some reason, there are cloud options like Google Docs.

 

[Tigersman]

Writing

Normally a person who writes a story does it one of two ways. They either hand write or they enter it into their computer or laptop using something like Microsoft Word and save it to disk or a flash drive. After the writer does either of thes, they should proofread their work.

If you do not save your story to either disk or flash drive you risk losing it like I did. I saved my work every ten minutes. I had something else I needed to do, so I shut my computer off. When I booted back up, I opened my file only to discover the contents was not my story. The contents was a file my wife was working on before it disappeared about six months before.