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So, I just counted the last weeks and I did 20+ pages five weeks in a row. Which means I wrote 100+ pages within 5 weeks. This is very positive progress! However, I think I might end up writing less this week because I'll be switching to different groups of characters. I guess it was easier these past 5 weeks because they were mainly focused on one segment, Brazil. I have some France battles coming up but they won't nearly be as long. But I'm still motivated as ever to keep going with this book and hopefully any fans are excited by the progress. I am determined to make the 5+ year long wait since AP2 worthwhile.

I'm now 252 pages into the second draft, which is 25 pages since the last update. I finally finished the meat of the Brazil segment. Only thing left is an epilogue of sorts, but the battle is over. I've been on Day 3 of the war for weeks now and I think I'll finally start Day 4 this coming week. I'm also on page 11 of the outline. So, there is about 4 pages to go until I get to Germany, which will be the biggest segment of the book. This is the fifth or so week in a row I did over 20 pages, which is very impressive. The book is already getting thick and there is still so much more to write. With Brazil alone, I could sell it off as a book on its own. I could also end it here as a part one since what…

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…

I just realized that this was the second time I wrote 22 pages in a week for the AP3 second draft. My highest is still 31 pages. I don't know if I'll ever break that record, but we shall see.

I'm now on 164 pages into the second draft, which is 22 pages since the last update. This was a very productive week and I finished two battle scenes. The first one was in France, and it was shorter, while the second one was in Afghanistan and it was done in two parts. The next segment, which will be very long, takes place in Brazil. I'm now on page 6 of the outline and the Brazil segment is very detailed so I shouldn't have that much difficulty with getting through it. I'm really looking forward to this segment because it will introduce a major villain for Sipho and team to deal with. Also, a character from AP2 returns which will bring a complicated dynamic for Sipho and Macoy specifically.

Overall, I'm very happy with the progress made this last week. Getting a lot of work done boosts my mental health.…

So I'm now 142 pages into the second draft, 11 pages since the last update. It seems I keep writing 2 pages less each week. I did drop the ball this week and got distracted with other stuff. However, I did complete two briefing chapters and wrote the chapter that introduced Dimitri Mayakovsky, another brother in the Mayakovsky family. He plays a larger role later on in the book. There's also another large segment coming up with Sipho and team that's set in Brazil. A new villain will be introduced there that will cause the team a lot of problems.

I need to refocus and get back to writing more pages. It has been nearly 5 years since publishing AP2 and there hasn't been a new AP since. Any fans of mine deserve to have a new entry as soon as possible. I want to have AP3 out before AP1's…