The first read through of A Fifth Visitor or How Scrooge Kept Christmas is going well. One of the side characters needs to be brought down to earth a bit (at the moment he’s a bit too much of a comic relief character and takes some of the drama out of the scenes). Some scenes are a bit dialogue-heavy as well, but that’s the point of a first draft, isn’t it. Get your ideas down and filter out all the nonsense in the edits. I’m actually quite enjoying the editing. Maybe it’s a sign that the first draft isn’t a complete mess. I’ll keep you updated.
First Read Through
Published by John Payne
I write novels and short stories and draw and write cartoons. The main cartoon I'm working on at the moment is Still Life. It's about a man who sits at home on his sofa all day and yet bizarre things still happen to him. At the moment him and his sofa are stuck on a desert island. Check out Still Life Series Five: Beyond the Sofa on this site. My debut novel is out now. It's called 'A Fifth Visitor', and it's a very unofficial sequel to 'A Christmas Carol'. The story picks up five years after the events of Dickens' classic, and we see how Scrooge is getting on with his promise to always keep Christmas. A new spirit pays him a visit and convinces Scrooge that he's not doing enough to redeem himself, so they both travel to the future to save a young nurse called Grace, but there's something big that this new spirit is keeping to himself. I'm developing a website dedicated to my writing, so watch this space. One of my short stories is available on amazon kindle. If you want to check it out, it's called 'Richmond's Rarity'. It's about a late night hospital radio DJ. I've written it under my author name of John D Payne. View all posts by John Payne
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