Thanks to fellow editor Kim for raising this week's topic in the forum. Kim asked for advice on how to keep multiple drafts of her novel organised.

Here's the article that discusses this, and also includes some tips on backing up:

Organising and saving your writing

It can be valuable to keep a record of how your novel has developed over the months or years that it takes you to write it. You may want to reincorporate some element that you once deleted, but you may also need these drafts for legal reasons.

Here are some methods for saving your drafts and also backing up your work.

http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art57598.asp

Do you have any tips for organising your writing, and creating back ups? Share your ideas in the forum:

http://forums.bellaonline.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=postlist&Board=363

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