Here’s the progress you should make:

Read the readings from Thinking with Type I put online Tuesday.

Some of this information is directly related to what we’re doing. If something gives you a new idea or leads you to a slightly rethink what you’re doing in part of your book (which it might!) start applying that new thinking to your book.

Figure out your book length (approximately).
Figure out where you want to cut your text off. You need to cut off at a reasonable point like between chapters, between sections, etc.

You should have at least 8,000 words. You’re welcome to go over 15,000. But you probably don’t want to bind a book that goes over 50 pages. There’s a lot of room between 8,000 words and 50 pages for you to decide where you want to cut off the text.

To count words in Indesign:
http://www.indesignskills.com/skills/word-count-indesign-document

Once you find the place you want to cut off the text, you don’t need to try to delete other text for now. Instead, for now, just insert a frame break (https://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/using/editing-text.html#add_column_frame_and_page_breaks)

We’ll talk about finalizing that break later.

If you’re using images, work on those.
I’ve talked to some of you about images, and told most of you something like “these can wait.” Well, I’m changing that a bit. So, if you’re including images or thinking about them, you can start putting those in.

Follow guidelines (and tips!) for finding/using images from Images for Your Book