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The original outline called for the flashback sequence to focus on [[Szeth-son-son-Vallano]], however Brandon later changed his mind. He planned on writing parts of the flashbacks for Szeth as well as [[Eshonai]] and [[Dalinar Kholin]], to help him decide who can best get across the information he needs to.{{bws ref|state-of-the-sanderson-december-2014|State of the Sanderson: December 2014|date=Dec 18th, 2014}}. After working on Dalinar's flashbacks however was pleased enough with how they were going that he decided not to go forward with the other two sequences.{{cite}} In late September 2016 he indicated that he would be spending part of October writing Szeth's flashback sequence, in order to solidify certain backstory pieces relevant to other scenes he was writing, and that there was a real but unlikely chance that he would change the book back to focus on Szeth.{{cite}}
On July 16, 2015 Brandon announced that he had finished Dalinar's flashback chapters. There are 15 in total, with a sum word count of around 55,000 words.{{tweet ref|621618209788047360|text=The Flashbacks are done!|date=Jul 16th, 2015}}. On July 22, 2016 Brandon announced that there would also be several flashback scenes from other characters, including 3 from Kaladin. On December 8, 2016 Brandon announced that he had finished his first draft, totaling 461,223 words.{{tweet ref|807118144322080768|text=Stormlight 3 First Draft is Done!|date=Dec 8th, 2016}} As of March 15, 2017 Brandon had completed the third of five planned drafts, which totaled 514,000 words.{{reddit ref|Stormlight_Archive|5zidxz|text=Oathbringer Update 7|date=Mar 15th, 2017}} On June 15, 2017 Brandon announced the completion of his final draft, which he managed to cut to 450,000 words. The book contains 122 chapters, with 14 interludes, plus a prologue, epilogue, and ketek.{{reddit ref|Stormlight_Archive|6hfek7|text=Oathbringer Update 8|date=Jun 15th, 2017}}
While working on the novel Brandon posted a series of updates in the Stormlight Archive subreddit:
*[https://www.reddit.com/r/Stormlight_Archive/comments/5p4ydj/oathbringer_spoilers_stormlight_three_update_6/ Update 6]
*[https://www.reddit.com/r/Stormlight_Archive/comments/5zidxz/oathbringer_spoilers_stormlight_three_update_7/ Update 7]
*[https://www.reddit.com/r/Stormlight_Archive/comments/6hfek7/oathbringer_spoilers_stormlight_three_update_8/ Update 8]
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