Armored Piercing Operations

So I finally finished my 1st draft for Armored Piercing 4 on August 19. It stands at 1465 pages, which solidifies it as the longest book I've ever written in my life. I started writing this book in August 2017, which means I've been working on this for 8 years! It has been a crazy journey working on this. I will write a blog in the future about my writing journey on AP4. Now I can finally return to working on my 2nd draft for AP3. The outline will take some time and then I'll get straight to writing. If I can repeat the writing speed I had in the tail end of AP4, maybe I can publish AP3 next year. We shall see how long it takes.

I'm now above 1440 pages for Armored Piercing 4, making it the first time I ever went over 1400 pages for a book. It still amazes me how much progress I've been making on the book this year. I wrote the last major battle of the book and things are in a falling-action attitude right now. I could possibly be finished with the book by the end of the month or early next month. Very exciting times!

I recently passed 1380 pages in Armored Piercing 4. I'm well on my way to reaching 1400 pages, which would be another first. I feel like I'm nearing the end of the story, so I don't think I'll hit 1500 pages. Hopefully, I will finish the story this month.

With Armored Piercing 4, I have now surpassed 1330 pages, making it the first time I ever wrote a draft that exceeded 1300 pages. I'm very proud of the progress I've been making these past couple of months. I wrote over 100 pages in one month alone, which is the most I've ever done in a long time. I hope I can keep this up!

In my current draft for Armored Piercing 4, I have now surpassed 1280, which means I'm well on my way to hitting 1300 pages. This would be another first for me. It's been very exciting to reach these many pages. As a reminder, I write my first drafts on paper, so I have a thick stack of papers. Story wise, things are moving at a very fast pace and some characters have to deal with shocking revelations. I won't mention any plot details since Armored Piercing 3 is still not out yet. I'm very motivated to finish AP4 soon so I can get to work on AP3.

I recently surpassed 1230 pages for AP4. This makes it the longest book I've ever written. My 1st draft for AP3 was just below 1200 pages. I never imagined reaching this length for the book, but there's still so much story to tell. There's no doubt I'll surpass 1300 pages, and maybe I'll hit 1400 pages, which would be insane. I'm trying to finish AP4 as soon as possible so that I can get back to working on a final draft for AP3. It's been 4 years since publishing AP2 and I don't want to keep any fans waiting for more years. When I finish AP4, I might write a blog post about my writing journey on that book.

I surpassed 1170 pages for AP4 and there's still a lot more to write. I have no doubt I will break my 1200 pages record I made with AP3's first draft. It's crazy that I've written so much over the years, but it's sad it took me over 7 years to reach this point. AP3 took me 3 years to write. I think the hardest challenge with AP4 compared to the rest of the series is keeping track of all the plotlines. There's a story you see at the forefront and another story that's in the background, but that background story has a huge impact on the main story. AP3 will be a huge effort to edit for publishing, but AP4 will be a bigger monster.

I surpassed 1100 pages for AP4. Things story-wise are moving at a fast pace. But one of the most difficult parts of writing this book is how complex the story is. There are a lot of moving parts and I've made many notes to keep track of different storylines. I keep forgetting details from early on in the book and I think I'll have to reread the whole book before finishing it. Maybe I'll write a blog about how hard it is to write a book with multi-level storytelling. Even AP3 will be tough to finish. My outline for changes for that book is about 17 pages now, and that only covers the first 300 or so pages. If I ever work on a different series, I'll try to keep it simpler to make it easy on myself.