![]() He almost ripped the envelope from the clerk’s hand, much to Matilda’s surprise, she’d never seen him in such a bad mood. Grumbling, Melvin left his post, apologising to the next person in line, a vehement old woman clutching her bag like a deadly weapon, the intent of using it clear in the malicious glint in her eye. “Well, then your pa’s, but you got this anyway!” “I don’t have a solicitor.” He said dismissively. He was just handing a few letters to Matilda, Melvin’s co-worker, friend and he wished much more. Melvin turned and saw the message clerk come by with a large brown envelope for him. ![]() No one called him by his surname, Backbreaker, because they thought it was silly. “Breaker!” He heard his nickname called from behind him. He handed it to the man and hoped he would thank him and most importantly, leave. He opened his drawer and produced a handy guide he’d written months before, with the steps needed for almost every occasion, with the forms listed, the documents required and the processing times. Personally, Melvin didn’t mind it, he always enjoyed order, even if it had to be in triplicate and with accompanying forms and stamps. Melvin agreed with him apologetically and raised his hands and shrugged, in a “ what can you do?” kind of way. The man complained about the unneeded bureaucracy, the roundabout way of doing even the simplest of things. As he looked up at the burly, greasy-haired man and heard his abuse, he sighed deeply and tried to keep his best smile on his face. He was good at it, mind you, but he just loathed being a clerk sometimes. There were days when Melvin hated his job. This scene is for the Melvin Backbreaker story concept I outlined weeks ago. But before you judge, wait until the next few weeks when I’ll be turning this first draft into something workable and worth reading! ![]() There are things you’ll pick up immediately and shake your head disapprovingly. Next week, I’ll have a more polished version of it and the week after that a finalised and streamlined edition.ĭo note that I have intentionally made storytelling mistakes with this draft, to make it as rough as possible. As I mentioned in that article, the point of a first draft is just to get to the end. There will be mistakes, things that don’t add anything to the story and things that simply don’t work, much like there are in every first draft. For this first article, you’ll have the roughest version, the first draft. ![]() The following is a simple scene I will be working on for the next few weeks. During the Second Draft and Beyond article, I mentioned I’d give you examples of the iterative editing process we go through while writing a novel. ![]()
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