![]() Because that character that wasn’t the right foil for today’s protagonist may be the hero in your next story. Frustrated with a scene that just isn’t working? Move it to the scrap pile.ĭon’t just trash them, but save them in a folder on your desktop (or on your desk, if you’re working with real, old-fashioned paper) for future use. Feel like your protagonist’s sidekick isn’t the right guy for the job? Move him to the scrap pile. And that’s why I’m a big believer in creating a scrap pile.Įxcising a beloved moment from draft thirty-two of your novel? Move it to the scrap pile. I don’t like the phrase, I don’t like its implications, and I don’t like discounting authors’ hard work like that.īut I do know that sometimes our manuscripts are better off when we delete those carefully crafted paragraphs, scenes, or even entire characters. I’m not on board with killing your darlings. Otherwise it can get quite hellish.In the writing world, we talk about “killing your darlings,” the difficult process of cutting pieces of your story that you may love-that you’ve spent significant time and energy on-because they don’t quite work. They are quite blissful when they aren't crowded. Also, train journeys can get ridiculously inexpensive if you travel in a sleeper or a general Coach. If you are not doing that, you will be missing that aspect of the journey. In order to really feel them, you need to travel in a sleeper of a general coach. There are many such places all across the country. *Rural Eastern Uttar Pradesh, Northern Bihar and West bengal are just gorgeous especially after the monsoon. *The now defunct satpura narrow gauge train passing through melghat tiger reserve and some untouched areas of central India. *The now defunct mhow akola meter gauge line passing through the patalpani waterfall. *The dooars of North bengal are amazing and all trains travelling to Guwahati pass through it. You will pass through virgin rainforests and the sound of the amazingly powerful WDP4 locomotive will keep you hooked. *There are some amazing branch lines to nice hill stations in the western ghats. *Till a few years ago, you could have taken a meter gauge train to barak valley in assam, one of the most picturesque routes on the planet. *You can see lions roaming around Gir near junagadh on a meter gauge line. *You can experience a giant waterfall(dudhsagar) in its full flow while travelling from Castlerock to Madgaon in South Western Part of India at the Goa - karnatka Border. P bihar/Nepal border at the edge of the Gandak river while travelling from GKP to NKE. *You can clearly see Mt Annapurna and Dhaulagiri (7th and 10th Highest mountains of the world) from Paniyahwa, a station in NER near the U. *You can see clearly MT kanchenjunga, the third highest mountain on the planet while sipping a chai when travelling from siliguir to new Jalpaiguri. *LTT hatia express from rourkela to ranchi passing through virgin forests in odisha and jharkhand. * The historic meter gauge train line passing through Dudhwa national park, pilibhit tiger reserve and katerniaghat wildlife sanctuary. *Travelling through Madhya pradesh and vidharbha just after monsoon, the train passes through lush green tiger reserves and amazing waterfalls and tunnels. *Rajaji national park between Dehradun and Haridwar View of the dhauladhars and clear streams, forests and valleys. ![]() *The joginder nagar pathankot kangra valley hill railways. Some amazing places i have travelled in India in a train are Travelling just after the monsoon and spring is amazing. The sights, sounds and smells that you get when travelling to a place ovee 2500 km away over a 2 day day journey is amazing, especially in the non peak season. I will always prefer sleeper over anything else because i love travelling.
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