Armored Piercing Operations

I'm now 227 pages into the second draft, which is 23 pages since the last update. I'm still in the Brazil segment, but I think this coming week I will finally finish it. The villain I mentioned in previous posts has finally been introduced and he will bring about a very tense conclusion to the Brazil segment. I think this is the third or fourth week in a row that I managed to hit 20 pages. I'm very proud of the consistent progress and it has really elevated my mental health, which would've been very poor otherwise. Brazil has been so much fun to write, it was also fun when I wrote it in the OG draft years ago, and I think you will have fun too when you finally get to read it.

By the way, I think this is the 6th time I wrote a book that hit 200 pages. The first was AP3's 1st draft, second was an unfinished zombie story, third was an alien invasion story, fourth was AP4's first draft, fifth was AP2's second draft. I don't think I'm forgetting another book, at least I hope not.

It's also going to be interesting to compare the length for the published versions of first 3 AP books. AP3 will absolutely be the longest in the series.

I'm now 204 pages into the second draft, which is 20 pages since the last update. Not only did I manage to do the same amount as last week, I also made it over 200 pages. I started the second draft since the end of March, so I managed to do over 200 pages in about 2 and a half months. The progress I've been making is very encouraging and it's been great to get so much work done consistently each week. But there is still much work to do and I'm now on page 8 of the outline, meaning 143 pages are left. This has been a behemoth of a project.

I'm still on Brazil, but the action has kicked off. I don't know if I'll finish the segment this week. In the OG draft, it was a very long segment. I think in the second draft, it will…

I'm now 184 pages into the second draft, which is 20 pages since the last update. The whole week has been focused on the Brazil segment I mentioned in the previous posts. I would say the first part of the segment is done and there is a slight break in Afghanistan and then it will be back to Brazil for part 2. For the outline, I'm on page 7 now. I'm happy this was another productive week and I think the next one will be too. I'm feeling pretty engaged with this part of the second draft because the outline for Brazil is detailed and a new villain is coming up, which I'm very excited about. Though, I wonder how long the second draft will be once it's completed. The 184 pages covers 7 pages in the outline, and the outline is 151 pages. I predict the second draft will…