Conceptual ideas:
Rama and/or Lakshman leave the company of the sage on their
travels to the City of Mithila, the nigh they hear the story of the Ganga’s.
Full of emotions or nervousness of reaching the city, and
what he feels like the journeys end, Rama sneaks away with Lakshman to meditate
in the woods some ways away from the sage. Rama begins to meditate but Lakshman
begins to feel uneasy after hearing screaming and howls in the night. Rama
does not stir from his meditation. Lakshman searches for the nose and finds a
trail of fresh blood leading deeper into the forest.
He will either come across a Preta or a Rakshasa
Characters in the
story:
Rama: wants some
solitude from the travel to reflect and meditate on his emotions of coming near
to the end of his journey of reaching Mithila city. He and Lakshman sneak away in
the night while the sage sleeps.
Lakshman: goes
with Rama to watch after him as he meditates. While Rama is doing so, Lakshman
hears voices, screams and howls of something terrifying. He decides to look for
the source of the noise allowing Rama to meditate peacefully.
Rakshasa: is
killing and devouring people from a nearby village and dragging their body’s
away into the forest. The villagers are all dead when Lakshman arrives at the
location the Rakshasa is bringing the body’s.
Preta: are
following the trails of blood, trying to consume them. Lakshman see’s several
of them as he is tracking to blood, and shoots one of them with his bow, but it
has no effect.
Styles:
Journals of
Lakshman he wrote while on his adventure with Rama and the sage. This can give
an accurate account of how horrified Lakshman is during the night, but it must
be written in first person, which is not preferred.
A poem of the
telling of the night Lakshman found the blood trail. This would be interesting
to do, but the stanzas must be calculated, which is a little harder to do.
A rhyming short story
drenched in horror telling of the story listed. This would be similar to
the short story written about the man and the lake monster. There may be a way
to tie in the Journal into this style.
Source:
The Ramayana: A Shortened Modern Pose Version of the Indian Epic
Author: R. K. Narayan
Published by Penguin Group, New York, New York. 1973. Print (and Web).
Source:
The Ramayana: A Shortened Modern Pose Version of the Indian Epic
Author: R. K. Narayan
Published by Penguin Group, New York, New York. 1973. Print (and Web).
I like where your story planning is headed. It seems to have a bit of a dark twist, which I can definitely relate to, as I enjoy stories of the such. I see that you added meditation to the story, which I remember is something that you enjoy to do as well. That gives me the idea of incorporating something about myself into my future story as well.
ReplyDeleteI like this story planning a lot!! I think it is cool you are writing with a darker twist! I too had the idea of taking it that direction! (different direction but still darker). I thought why write on love stories. They are told so often! This planning seems great! I like that you focus on Lakshman. Maybe he will find Sita or a dear one devoured by one of the antagonists! Who knows! Can't wait to find out!!
ReplyDeleteWow, I really love what you did with this story planning and how you planned it out. In addition, I like the layout of your blog in general. I like how you are keeping your story relatively concise by only using a few characters instead of more. I believe that using a journal style for this type of writing would be really interesting and kind of gives a first person story. You mention that it would be from Lakshman’s point of view but I wonder if it might be more powerful if written from Rama’s point of view. Using a journal story can give a day to day list of events and kind of the emotions and feelings that Rama would be feeling. However, as you mention, first person might not be preferred because you lose out on some of the other characters feelings unless there were entries from multiple journals but I believe that this would just get too confusing. Great story planning though! I liked how you discussed what style you will use and what role each character would have in the story.
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