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Brandon wrote a few "exploratory scenes" for Stormlight 3 during the summer of 2014, however, he didn't start in earnest on the book until June 2015.
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.{{
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}}
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