writing original stuff

[estepheia]

A friend of mine wrote a truly interesting original Sci Fi story, but whenever I open the file to read it, a few minutes later my compi shuts down. How come this story overheats my laptop computer every time I open it? 57 pages is long, but I remember having longer stories open. *grumbles*

I wrote a poem today, inspired by some of the lines of poetry quoted to me several days ago. I still have a few more poetry fragments in my head. I am supposed to organize an open mic event next month for our local creative writing club, so I better get a few poems slapped together, in case nobody else shows up to read...

All this talk about NaNoWriMo makes me twitchy and unhappy. I tried it last year -- the result was pitiful. I still think it's a wonderful idea, but it does not work for me. I wish it did.
And why the hell am I always tired in the evenings? I used to stay up till 4 am to write. These days my brain shuts down at midnight. *fizzle*
*sigh*
TTFN

PS: It's already the 7th where I am, so I'll be the first to congratulate Tania aka itsabigrock. Happy birthday! *HUG!*

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Re: ooohhhh is that mine?

[estepheia.livejournal.com]

Yes, it's your story, and damn, it was getting frustrating - the shutdowns not the story. My compi has a history of getting too hot, but it seems to me it happens more often now.

I love the story, btw, as far as I was able to read it. Yesterday compi shut down twice while I was working on my fanfic Dealing, and that is just not on, so I will try to implement your suggestions. I ran a defrag recently, and I do have some HD space left, although I've been known to end up with NO space left because sometimes I forgot to pay attention to these details. Hubby removed a lot of his old stuff recently, so right now I have a relatively large amount of space 2.2 GB out of 18.6 - that is almost luxurious.

Of course my desktop is littered with files. Not shortcuts but files. Fanvids for instance, that I like to have within easy reach.

*grumbles and pushes them into a folder*

What if the folder is located on the desktop? Is that evil too?

First of all back up all important work to a CD (or two). Then go through your mailbox and look for emails with attachments. Delete these if you don’t need them or you have already saved the attachment.

Hmm, okay. that won't generate a lot of space but... done. :-)

Thank you for the detailed instructions. *hug* I will tidy up a little, but I am pretty certain that I have to ask a friend to open the machine up for a quick look inside. Your explanations were very helpful though.

I may send the story to another compi in the house and read it there. :-)

Will you come to our next meeting? A few people expressed interest.