I've been having this idea in my mind for a while - I want to just share the creation process and release method for APS book 1. Why? Well, why not? I figured a tour behind the scenes (or rather pages in this case) would be interesting. 8964 copyright protection64ＰＥＮＡＮＡCS9BCTmTOY 維尼
APS started on March 4th, 2021, at 11:43 A.M. (How do I know? The power of Google Docs' version history.) This post is more of a brief outline of the creation process, so I won't go into detail of the first draft. I started writing a couple chapters without outlining. And after a while, I took a break to begin outlining on weekends. I'd outline way ahead of where the story was currently, and then on the weekdays I'd write referring to the outline. The outline was poorly planned and I ended up not sticking to it sometimes and the first chapter was an info-dump, so yeah, the first draft sucked. I finished the first draft on July 6th, 2021, at 10:21 A.M (roughly 3-4 months.) Then came the second draft, which was literally a full-blown rewrite of the first draft because it was THAT BAD. Then there was a third one since the second one still wasn't good - but definitely way much better than the first. Definitely a learning experience, writing this book series.68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiLSQq6oWls
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After a while of being on the fourth draft, I said, "screw this, I'm releasing it." I'd found Penana a few weeks ago and long story short: now we're here, with some chapters of APS book 1 posted on this site. (And more to come.)8964 copyright protection64ＰＥＮＡＮＡSqgoTCAFGC 維尼
That technically means the book is written already, so I don't have to spend some weeks writing a chapter. I just take some days to review chapters, and sometimes I do have to rewrite a couple things here and there, but it's usually some small last-minute edits before I schedule a chapter for release. 8964 copyright protection64ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0ucxflTvWq 維尼
Release scheduling is pretty easy - mostly I just schedule it to publish early in the mornings, literally 5-10 minutes after my alarm slaps me awake. This sounds strange, but it’s usually just to get the release out of the way so I'm not worrying about it throughout the day and so I actually get up to make sure it releases smoothly with no issues. 68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡryI8bs3705
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Approximately 4-6 chapters will be released a week. Most likely 4 or 5, but you never know when I'll feel like releasing more (I usually release more if some chapters for the week are shorter.)8964 copyright protection64ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7LReT2CppP 維尼
As of now (11.21.21) there are 7 chapters out for release. APS book 1 has 26 chapters - the epilogue should technically count as a "26th chapter" in its own way, right? Meaning it won't take long before the whole book is out (about 4.75 to 3-ish weeks - thanks Calculator - but that’s not set in stone.)8964 copyright protection64ＰＥＮＡＮＡPChA9qhWmh 維尼
I'd rather update slowly to have people stay tuned for the next chapter; slow updates also grant me the opportunity to fix anything in the chapters, whereas posting the whole book at once doesn't. 8964 copyright protection64ＰＥＮＡＮＡqQfd9uAOt1 維尼
As for double-chapter Fridays - that’s just there for fun! I just feel better on Fridays, so I’m more enthusiastic about posting a chapter. 8964 copyright protection64ＰＥＮＡＮＡhXgcAa3azn 維尼
I think that’s really all I have to say about the “behind the scenes” of APS book 1. This was sort of just a quick talk I wanted to have for no real reason, but I hope you at least found this somewhat entertaining or informative! Thank you for reading and I’ll catch you in the next update on this blog!8964 copyright protection64ＰＥＮＡＮＡpxJf8U5yqY 維尼
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