If you want to create pages in the background you will need to hide your page from the sitemap and navigation.
Hiding a page is done via the Custom Attributes tab
Once you have created a new page it will be added into your menu system straight away. You will need to hide the page by following these steps:
Making a page live once it's ready
If you have created your page and hidden it from view you will eventually need to publish it. To do this simply reverse the steps above by entering the pages properties > custom attributes and removing the tick in each section.