tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8714597671792618018.post7931414241022258608..comments2023-05-30T07:05:02.792-04:00Comments on JaNoWriMo: Panic!Marianne Arkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00934613403368823760noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8714597671792618018.post-82920420406879144082009-01-04T11:02:00.000-05:002009-01-04T11:02:00.000-05:00Wow! Some great ideas! Thanks everyone.Wow! Some great ideas! Thanks everyone.Tiffanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15884423752801462705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8714597671792618018.post-73569708360007574552009-01-03T22:02:00.000-05:002009-01-03T22:02:00.000-05:00I used to keep separate files for separate scenes....I used to keep separate files for separate scenes. Now I lump the whole darned thing together and date the various drafts. Sometimes, also, I "pluck" a scene for special work, but then I just stick it back into the ms file. For some reason this works better for me than when I tried to be more organized.<BR/><BR/>Go figure.Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02362687820368214420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8714597671792618018.post-34711062735181476092009-01-03T18:42:00.000-05:002009-01-03T18:42:00.000-05:00Like Marianne, I have a folder for everything and ...Like Marianne, I have a folder for everything and put all of my chapters within the named folder. However, so I don't have to troll endless lists of folders, I have projects sorted into My Novel Fiction, My Nonfiction, My Short Stories, etc. Then in the My Novel Fiction folder I have genre folders, so a murder mystery, for example, named SheDunnit would be in the following path: My Novel Fiction/Mystery/SheDunnit, and all the files for SheDunnit would be in that folder.Joaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02873333122123903174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8714597671792618018.post-76780658523907331822009-01-03T15:13:00.000-05:002009-01-03T15:13:00.000-05:00Great work! ;) I'm with Marianne.. I have a folder...Great work! ;) I'm with Marianne.. I have a folder for each idea that hangs out on my desktop until I'm ready to tackle it.Keri Mikulskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10674081854220914215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8714597671792618018.post-33225199338525796362009-01-03T11:41:00.000-05:002009-01-03T11:41:00.000-05:00I use the initials for the first letter of the wor...I use the initials for the first letter of the working title for each book at the start of all files. So if it's in a book I can search on those letters and find it. I usually write in one big file though. And if I'm doing random scenes, I'll often paste them into a file with the intials and a TBD so they are all in one place.Melissa McClonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16715664439441831529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8714597671792618018.post-6061318882163793242009-01-03T08:07:00.000-05:002009-01-03T08:07:00.000-05:00One of my favorite time wasters is the Fun With Ch...One of my favorite time wasters is the Fun With Charts site. Reading your entry I pictured a pie chart labeled FILE ACCESSIBILITY V. BRILLIANCE. Of course the biggest, most brilliant slice would be the one you can never open again :) <BR/><BR/>And no, sadly, I do not have a good file naming strategy.edeeveehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05309203731426274656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8714597671792618018.post-29713804923539869412009-01-03T07:34:00.000-05:002009-01-03T07:34:00.000-05:00Ouch. I've been in your shoes before. Many is the ...Ouch. I've been in your shoes before. Many is the time I've sat with my pile of floppy disks, shoving them into the A drive of an ancient computer in hopes of recovering something really important. <BR/><BR/>My files are a mess, but I try to keep everything at least in their own folders and attempt to keep THOSE organized. And I have 3 different flash drives and several email accounts that I send stuff to. <BR/><BR/>Organization is not my forte.<BR/><BR/>:)Ceri Heberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17584297798290334430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8714597671792618018.post-7420904080898266072009-01-03T05:46:00.000-05:002009-01-03T05:46:00.000-05:00I have a folder for each WIP (why are there so MAN...I have a folder for each WIP (why are there so MANY??) and I have a terrible habit of writing random scenes so name them as they are:<BR/><BR/>"Clint give Laurie a bulletproof vest"<BR/><BR/>"Camilla and Jed get it on in the taxi"<BR/><BR/>"Geoff is sprayed by Emmy with the hose"<BR/><BR/>Sometimes I use them, sometimes I don't, but I get vivid scenes playing out in my brain and they simply scream to be written.<BR/><BR/>Thankfully, I haven't ever written them on software that becomes obsolete.<BR/><BR/>Yet.<BR/><BR/>Good job writing!Marianne Arkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934613403368823760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8714597671792618018.post-76239379934531407232009-01-03T05:14:00.000-05:002009-01-03T05:14:00.000-05:00Great showing on your word count.Great showing on your word count.Druhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07978384022143035332noreply@blogger.com