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I'm now 451 pages into the second draft, which is 22 pages since the last update. I think the last time I hit 20 pages was when I was writing the Brazil segment. It's nice to finally hit that number again. And I made a lot of progress story-wise. The betrayal finally happened and a legacy character from AP1 was killed off. I'm currently on the mission where the team deals with the traitor. After another chapter with a different character, I will finally begin the Hamburg segment. In the original draft, Hamburg and Berlin took up most of the book. It will likely be the same since it takes up a large portion of the outline. Speaking of, I moved up another page on it and I'm now on page 24. I'm hoping to do another 20 pages this week, so we'll see.

I'm now 429 pages into the second draft, which is 17 pages since the last update. I'm also on page 23 of the outline. I seem to be always moving one page on the outline with each update ever since I returned to writing AP3 after the short break. I think I will move another page this coming week. I did miss a few days last week, so I could've hit 20 pages, but this is good progress nonetheless. I'm currently on the mission where the betrayal will happen. Very soon, I will reach Hamburg, where the real fun will begin.

I'm now 412 pages into the second draft, which is 11 pages since the last update. I'm also on page 22 of the outline. I have been writing less per week since I resumed writing AP3, but I managed to complete multiple missions. I'm on the last mission for the England segment and then it will be back-to-back Germany missions. The next one will have the betrayal, which will shake things up story-wise.

I'm also beginning to feel less bad if I don't write as many pages per week. I realized that always making progress is more important than how much progress I make. Even though I want to get more things done faster, sometimes I can't do that. My commitment to this series is something I should be proud of and never take for granted. AP3 will release, no matter how long it takes for me to write it.…

I'm also glad to have finally reached 400 pages. I was hoping to do so in August, but better late than never. I will likely make a second update on my blog. I hope to hit 500 pages next month, but I will need to keep up the pace. Sometimes, I get fatigue writing AP3 because I've been working on this series most of the time for these last several years. I was working on another book before posting the last update and I wrote 6 pages in a few hours, which is a lot in a very short time. Some days, if I write 6 pages for AP3, it's over the course of the day. This other book has nothing to do with AP, so it felt more invigorating somehow to work on it. I love Sipho Morgess, Snake Wilard, and the rest of the AP crew, but it…

I'm now 401 pages into the second draft, which is 15 pages since the last update. I also got to page 21 of the outline. I was able to finish two missions, one in England and another in Germany. For the England missions, there are about 2 more and then no more in that country after that. The team dealing with England will then move onto Poland. For the vast majority of the remainder for the book, Germany will be the main place where missions happen. One team will be focused in other cities while another will do many missions in Hamburg and Berlin. There's a betrayal coming up that will kill a core character. For me, I'm most excited for Hamburg missions to start because it was so fun to write them in the first draft and I made interesting changes for them in the outline. It is also…

I'm now 386 pages into the second draft, which is 19 pages since the last update where I actually wrote something. I wanted to hit 20 pages so I could make up for not writing anything last week, but 19 is a good amount. I hit the minimum before the weekend. I also got to page 20 of the outline and finished two missions. I'm getting close to hitting 400 pages, which I was hoping to hit by the end of August. It's good to be back on writing and I suppose I got a boost this week. I hope I can keep this up because the end of the year is coming up. If I don't finish the second draft this year, it reduces my chances of publishing the book next year. I really need to get content out there if I want to drum up more interest in…

So I didn't work on AP3 at all this last week. It was nice to take a break but it's also a little sad that I broke the writing streak I started since I began the second draft. I did at least 10 pages every week since the end of March, which is almost 5 months. I haven't had that much writing consistency in a very long time. Also, it is not that bad to not write for a while because I have a full outline this time around. With AP4, I would be confused whenever I came back to it after a long hiatus. Though, I have changed many things from the outline while working on the second draft.

I will likely return to writing this week since the gaming subscription has expired. However, I've been thinking about working on a new novella and getting it published before the…

I'm now 367 pages into the second draft, which is 12 pages since the last update. Yet, another week where I struggled to hit the minimum and only hit it just before writing this update. I might take a break from writing this week because my gaming subscription is ending soon and I want to make the most of it. If I do write something but I don't hit the minimum, then I will make another update per usual. For the outline, I reached page 19. There's a battle later on that I'm planning on cutting because it is a repeat of a bigger battle I plan to do later on. Like think of the Battle of Kabul in AP2 where everyone got separated. The battle I'm cutting is a condensed version of that. I don't want to repeat the whole everyone getting separated multiple times. Besides, the book already…

I'm now 355 pages into the second draft, which is 10 pages since the last update. I wrapped up the Australia segment and finally got started with the Germany segment, which, as I said, will take up a huge chunk of the book. The first Germany battle is done and I'm about to start a new mission with the core group. It was another week where I really struggled to hit the minimum. The video gaming is slowing down my progress, but like I said, it will be temporary. I think September will be a more productive month. I know the end of the book is still a long ways away, but every week I get closer no matter how small the progress.