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Brandon announced the completion of the first draft of the first book on September 1st, 2017.{{tweet ref|903763900813811712|Completion of ''The Apocalypse Guard'' First Draft announcement|date=2017-09-01}} While working on the second draft, and in conversations with his editor, various issues with the book were found. While Brandon initially attempted to revise the book to fix these issues, he felt that the changes were instead making the book worse, and so he decided to shelve the project as he did not believe he could fix it in the time required for a 2018 release.{{sots ref|2017}} After Brandon pulled the book, he still needed to complete a project for Delacorte/Random House, which led to him prioritizing work on the [[Skyward (series)|''Skyward'' series]].{{sots ref|2017}}{{sots ref|2018}}
At the release party for ''[[Oathbringer]]'', Brandon announced that [[Dan Wells]]—a close friend and fellow member of [[Writing Excuses]]—would be collaborating with him on ''The Apocalypse Guard'' going forward.{{wob ref|8581}} Brandon planned to give Dan time to alter the books as he saw fit before returning to collaborate with him on the final version.{{wob ref|9622}} One of the structural changes made by Brandon and Dan was the removal of one of the magic systems they had considered "foundational to the story".{{ref|name=WE-14.35}} As the revisions continued, the book "got weirder".{{sots ref|2018}} By late 2019, Dan had finished a revision that Brandon described as "pretty good", but neither of them was totally satisfied with the result and the project was shelved indefinitely.{{wob ref|13257}} Brandon has no immediate plans to try to make the book work, and it may be dead.{{sots ref|2019}} However, he has also implied that he is still thinking about how to fix the book, and has even mentioned that it could connect the ''[[Skyward (series)|Skyward]]'' and ''Reckoners'' universes.{{wob ref|13608}}
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