diff --git a/file-io.ipynb b/file-io.ipynb
index 5560737..7a35067 100644
--- a/file-io.ipynb
+++ b/file-io.ipynb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
   },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": 1,
+   "execution_count": 2,
    "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [
     {
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
   },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": 2,
+   "execution_count": 3,
    "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [],
    "source": [
@@ -155,6 +155,35 @@
     "        with open(iliad_file, \"r\") as f:\n",
     "            a.write(f.read() + \"\\n\")\n"
    ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": null,
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [],
+   "source": [
+    "from pathlib import Path\n",
+    "\n",
+    "filename = \"pope-iliad\" \n",
+    "\n",
+    "#starting to read lines after the gutenberg introductions and ending 1000 lines after\n",
+    "start_line = 2069\n",
+    "end_line = 3069\n",
+    "\n",
+    "out_dir = Path(\"ilad_1000_lines\")\n",
+    "\n",
+    "if not out_dir.exists():\n",
+    "    out_dir.mkdir()\n",
+    "\n",
+    "#reading lines from .txt file\n",
+    "with open(f\"./{filename}.txt\", \"r\") as f:\n",
+    "    lines = f.readlines()[start_line - 1 : end_line]\n",
+    "\n",
+    "for index in range(len(lines)):\n",
+    "    with open(out_dir / f\"iliad_{index}.txt\", \"w\") as f:\n",
+    "        f.write(lines[index])\n",
+    "\n"
+   ]
   }
  ],
  "metadata": {