![]() ![]() In some way, not knowing the pain and challenges when I begin is how I trick myself into the big, daunting projects I end up being most proud of. However, all of the projects I've been most proud of have followed a similar pattern. Had I known what I was in store for when I accepted this project, I might have declined it. I've done my share of huge projects - they don't even compare to the hundreds of hours poured into this book and video. I've come to realize that writing, illustrating, designing and producing print-ready artwork for The Sketchnote Handbook, along with the shooting and producing The Sketchnote Handbook Video has been the single hardest project I've ever done, hands down. Producing the final pages of the book in Photoshop. And once he did arrive, that unknown situation was lifted, so I could focus on the book and finish strong. It forced me to let go of the project and take a little break, though even on days at the hospital, I was always making progress. Looking back, I think Landon's arrival on September 19th was probably ideal. ![]() In September, some of the pressure was not knowing when our baby would arrive. Many nights I would drag myself to bed, feeling drained, only knowing that I'd made some progress. They best advice given to me during this project was from one of my advisors, Stefan Bucher, He told me the key to writing a book is to make progress every single day. Many of those nights I had no idea how I would pull it all off. Days and days of nearly continuous work from morning until late at night, with breaks for eating and sleeping. I have to tell you, the last month and a half has been a crazy, sleep-deprived marathon of pushing and clawing to complete the book. Something massive took over my life for many months and I think I've adapted to the flow of pushing to get it done so well, that with it complete, there's a bit of a vacuum. It's oddly surreal to be done with all of the writing, illustration, design and production tasks. Now my focus turns to preparing for launch and promotion of the book and video. I'm near the end of The Sketchnote Handbook project, with the covers, 224 interior pages, master videos and video packaging files sent to Peachpit for final print production. Reviewing the final PDF files on my iPad. ![]() IT'S DELIVERED! The Sketchnote Handbook is off to the publisher. ![]()
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