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As I typed the last few words on my laptop, I experienced a unique feeling of bliss, a sense of contentment that was hidden since long.
I admired with satisfaction the MS Word document that proudly displayed the sixty thousand words that I had keyed in over the last few hours.
This was my child, my masterpiece, something that I had always dreamt of. Soon, I would be a household inspiration; people would read me and love me and would aspire to become someone like me.
I wasn't being complacent, it's just that I knew my story really deserved to be at the top.
I heard a sudden beep, and the laptop screen blackened. Low battery, perhaps, since I had not attached the charger to the laptop.
Due to some unknown reason, the machine had completely shut down instead of hibernating. Not a big deal though.
I connected the charger, plugged on the electric supply and restarted the laptop.
And then the thought struck me like a flash of lightning.
I had not saved the document...
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Happened to me while I was new to designing, and I felt like staying there and cry all night :P
ReplyDeletenice one, I felt as if they happened for real!
Happened to me quite a lot in the past, and it taught me the importance of CTRL + S :-)
DeleteHappens at work sometimes, just before a deadline has to be met! Then one runs after the IT folks to retrieve! Life...
ReplyDeleteYes, I know how irritating it can be :-)
DeleteYikes, every computer user's worst nightmare!
ReplyDeleteYes :-(
DeleteWhen you produce it again - it will even be better than the first draft :-)
ReplyDeleteChances are there of getting demotivated too :-(
DeleteIt happened at that odd moment during a sudden blackout. It put paid to the long hours and efforts for nothing. It happened once. There was no blackout in a thousand years but it did! Nicely crafted GS!
ReplyDeleteHank
Thanks Hank :-)
DeleteHad that experience... so much pain and remorse and regret...
ReplyDeleteTrue ... it's painful :-)
DeleteEvery writer's worse nightmare... I hope this didn't happen to you.
ReplyDeleteNa ... I have become careful nowadays :-)
Deletehttp://nyssa.cnc.net/images/saveearly.jpg :)
ReplyDeleteHa ha .... loved the picture :-D
DeleteHow fleeting, how temporal, are our thoughts. Your fiction is a great reminder.
ReplyDeleteThanks Sandy :-)
DeleteThat is sad ! rather terrifying . You have put across the situation so well :)
ReplyDeletehaha i hope its nt true..
ReplyDeleteNaah ... it's a fiction :-P
DeleteOh God, I felt a bolt striking my heart, really scary!
ReplyDeleteIt's scary indeed :-)
DeleteOh my! :o
ReplyDeleteI didn't learn a lesson from an incident that happened a few years ago. It wasn't a very important document. It was after I had lost a literary piece a few months ago that I understood the importance of the word Save out there. :D
Now, whenever I write, I believe, I press the Ctrl+S every two minutes.
Very nicely written, Amrit! LOVED it! :D
I do the same ... CTRL+S every now and then :-)
DeleteI am so sorry!!! Did it save any of it at all?
ReplyDeleteProbably he had to write again :-(
Deleteit happens many times...:)
ReplyDeletea perfect OOPS!! moment..:) :D
keep writing..:)
Thanks Mani :-)
DeleteIt can be really scary and painful, almost lost a report I had been working on and since then "Ctrl+S" it is every now and then...
ReplyDeleteYeah ... better safe than sorry :-)
DeleteOh my gosh,,,a horrible thought,,,well written,,,I had a few small losses before I finally said "Get with the program, woman" and I'm now more careful,,,,thanks for the reminder,,,,,
ReplyDeleteYou are welcome my friend :-)
DeleteOne thing that can completely scatter me, exiling me to the pool of thunderous tears! :D
ReplyDeleteNice!
I would feel the same :-)
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