I'm now 333 pages into the second draft, which is 17 pages since the last update. I finished the France finale and started a segment in Australia. I was able to hit the minimum before the weekend, which is a huge step up compared to the last few weeks. So, my mental health got a boost. Like I said before, my mental health is tied to how much work I get done per week. The weeks where I struggled to hit the minimum lowered my mental health, while the weeks where I easily surpassed the minimum increased it. It's not healthy to have it tied to my performance, but it doesn't seem like it will change anytime soon. I guess I should be happy that I made more progress last week. I'm also on page 17 of the outline and after the Australia segment, Germany chapters will begin.
Armored Piercing Operations
I'm now 316 pages into the second draft, which is 10 pages since the last update. I mostly had talking chapters and then started the France finale, which I predict won't be that long. In comparison to the OG draft, the second draft is about 20 pages shorter at the same point of the story. So, this is a sign that the second draft will be shorter than the first draft.
I also struggled greatly to reach the minimum. I hate that I've slowed down so much and it has become a challenge to even hit the minimum each week. Maybe I'm being too hard on myself because I never had this level of consistency before. Even with the final months of AP4, I didn't do a weekly goal. At one point, I was expecting myself to hit 600 pages by the end of August, which is definitely not happening.…
I'm now 306 pages into the second draft, which is 13 pages since the last update. It was another week where I struggled to hit the 10 page minimum and only hit it the last minute before posting the new update. However, I did manage to finish another short segment. The France finale is coming up and then segments in Germany will begin. I think I said this before, Germany took up at least half of the book in the first draft of AP3. So, it will be similar in the second draft.
It is unfortunate that I've been struggling a lot more lately compared to the high productivity I experienced writing the Brazil segment. Like I said before, my mental health is tied to how much or how little I write per week. So, barely hitting the minimum each week has been hurtful for me. At least I reached…
I know the last post was more rambling than I usually do. No one really reads these posts, but doing these updates help me keep track of my progress and help me put things into perspective. The Draft2Digital debacle really hurt my options for self publishing and made me feel more boxed in. As I said before, Amazon is the only thing keeping me around as a publisher. If they copy Draft2Digital, then I will quit publishing for good. I'm putting so much time and effort into AP and I need it to feel worth it in the end. The Raid of Hotel Laurier barely moved units, despite it being very cheap. If AP3 does similar or worse, then it would feel like I wasted so much time for nothing. Me going out of my way to hit at least 10 pages a week is something unprecedented for me. So,…