Hi Jackie You are presumably writing in Microsoft Word? Are you saying it was on the page and you could read it and then when you went to file and Save. Is there any chance that either of the following might have happened. 1 When writing in Word you had accidentally pressed the insert key so that what you were writing was being deleted as you went along? 2 When you went to Save or Save as are you sure of where you were saving, e.g. in My Documents or perhaps a folder within My documents? 3. You obviously gave it a name. In that case should it be Saved somewhere you are not aware of would you try from Start Menu going to Search and putting in the file name in the Edit box for the Search for documents and see what comes up. If it is filed in the wrong place it should come up. Sounds great jackie, the creative writing classes. I think you have a guide dog. Have you written anything on your guide dog in creative writing. If yes, I'd love to read it off list. Say e-mail address as here eleanorburke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Eleanor ----- Original Message ----- From: Donegal.Jackie To: vip_students@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2009 3:09 PM Subject: [vip_students] vanishing sentences Hey all Have a tricky and strange one. I'm currently doing a creative writing course with Kilroys College and today whilst finishing a story, sentences suddenly started disappearing. I first thought I hadn't saved it but the second time I started writing the same piece again, I hit save but again it disappeared. I red the story to ensure the curser hadn't moved up and that the piece I wrote was somewhere else but no it was gone, I tried three times to write it and all three times it vanished. I'm baffled as the story was getting interesting and I'd like to finish it but worried that it will happen for the fourth time. hope someone can shed some light on this very strange one. from a baffled Jackie ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.375 / Virus Database: 270.13.12/2233 - Release Date: 07/12/09 08:20:00 -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. We are a community of 6 million users fighting spam. SPAMfighter has removed 87 of my spam emails to date. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len The Professional version does not have this message