All those lost stories sound familiar. If you write in Steemit there's a "draft"option. It never worked great for me, a title should be given (the last thing I do) and if course you should hit draft every few...

I also noticed that with me google translate at times remembers the last text I transkated same for wirdcounter.net

Both worth trying out. Place a text. Close down open again (or after shutting down the computer) and see if it's still there.

Telegram is also an option.

If you write offline the computer saves it or?