Need an advice

Guys I am starting the memory palace technique from today for the first time , I have 500 pages of facts that I need to mug up in a week , can you all advice me how can I quickly get into it .

Also should I be drawing a palace on my personal notes side by side for quick revision or shall I mark the locations on the textbook itself on its margins and revise from there ?

If this works , it will be life-changing for me , so it's that important