im in despairrrrrrrr: onenote return me my drafts!!!

So idk where you guys write and store stuff but for 6 years or longer I've done mine in microsoft onenote, it has never crashed or betrayed me until ytd when due to unknown reasons it malfunctioned and i was recommended to clear cache and risk losing files that werent synched... I went ahead fearless believing all my notebooks have been updated but nope, everything is SAVE FOR MY ENTIRE NOTEBOOK FOR THE VERY FIC IM WRITING AT THIS MOMENT.

IM IN DESPAIR WTF

Like, if it was just a notebook with the uploaded chapters than I dont really care, hell all the minor changes aren't recorded in the onenote copy because I tend to proof read on AFF. But in that notebook was ALL my pre-planning, inclusive of character development (from all sorts of personal back story s down to even how their dress style evolved wtf). And ALL the drafts, be it abandoned or waiting to be expanded on. ALL the freaking phrasing of words, and small chunks of what I believe is very hilarious and I'm gonna include it (yeah I always enjoy my work fight me). And ALL the quotes that I've collated that will probably be used through stalking of my fb and blog.

And of course, the 5 exact chapters of over 2k words each that I've written out after the end of my internship and I was gonna proof read and upload at one go to compensate for the long haitus of when my world no longer stops for you.

I just wanna cry

GIVE ME BACK MY WORK GOD DAMN IT I DONT WANT TO REPEAT EVERYTHING AGAIN T______T

I've never put in this much effort into any fic in my entire writing life (mainly because I was young and foolish with works like Bittersweet, and afterwards I turned lazy and only wrote oneshots instead of chaptered) and now my heart is breaking.

And well yeah thank you for the BGM bts. I really need to be saved.

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EunHae_AKTF
#1
100% random but I'm just here to say that I've not given up on that fic and I've revamped the planning to be more accurate and just a few minutes ago I updated chapter 10. I have 7 more to go.
MinnieCrafts
#2
Oh god, that's happened to me before which is why after I write a draft for my chapters, I always send it to my email just in case Microsoft word fails me or my computer shuts down (like it has done many times)
and I tend to accidentally delete a chapter here on aff too for some reason, so I always have a backup to my backup lmao
I feel your pain!! Well, now you know you should have a backup to your files... Good luck typing them out again if you do, and don't give up on your work!!
Cephei #3
Random stranger passing by; just wanted to say wow, that big time. It's never happened to me before, so I can only imagine how frustrating it must be to lose hours of work in a minute. I'm really sorry that happened to you :( I use google docs. It saves automatically on cloud as soon as I stop typing. If you're salty at onenote, maybe you could give google docs a try?
yunjae2024
#4
I am so sorry. I feel for you. Now you're making me scared and I want to go ahead and save my work on a flash drive instead of just saving it all in google doc. Goof luck and find strength. This has happened to me, and let me agree with you right now, it stinks hell!