How to Write a Novel

I'm almost there. I have 79,126 words done; and 80,000 is the benchmark for action novels set in World War Two, in Northern Ireland, where green Yanks have replaced Brits shipped off to fight Rommel. Three things got me through. Write scenes, not words. Took decades to learn that. And these two considerations: "Coming from" and "Going into." Before attempting a scene, I revisit: Where are the characters now? Where are they coming from? What's their next destination? What are they going into? How to write a novel.