Topic: Karma
Karma will be the main feature of my storybook. Two options
for stories that I have are Sumantra’s Story from Buck William’s Ramayana and
the Vasu gods and Ganga from Buck William’s Mahabharata. Maybe I could do
another story on karma and rebirth, but I am not sure if that will be too
general or repetitive after I have written about the two stories above. I do plan
to take a first-person perspective (from Karma’s point of view). I also wouldn't
mind going for a frame tale, but I may find that too challenging and lean back
on creating an anthology.
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| Karma; paying it forward. Source: Wikipedia |
Possible Styles:
1.
Karma’s Diary Style
I imagine myself really being able to create a personality for Karma and
make her/him and actual character. Perhaps this will help the audience connect
to him/her because they might be able to relate to some of the feelings that
she displays in her diary as she writes about her dreams or experiences (the
Indian epics).
2.
Interview Style
If I chose to do an interview,
than I would probably go for a speed-dating scene as I could see myself being
able to add some humor into the storybook. The immediate detail I think of is
Ganga drowning her children and Karma somehow telling this to her speed-date
and him running as quick as possible. I like the option of bringing another
voice into the equation to avoid things being monotonous.
3.
Therapy Style
Using a therapy setting could also
work well for Karma. Karma, as a person might have a curse due to her past
activities (oh, the irony) and as a result she is forced to enact karma upon
other people in which she struggles with and seeks out therapy for. This could
be really fun.
4.
Motivational Speaker Style
Karma could be giving a speech to
persuade people to only do good so that she can give them good in the future.
She might use fright tactics on some of the stories to prove how terrible life
can be when you do bad things. Maybe she could be giving a ted talk on what is ‘bad’
and what is ‘good.’
5.
Letter-writing Style
This
is a neat idea because each story can be addressed as a separate letter to the
character that was most affected by Karma. Maybe she can explain why they
received her wrath or gift. I could also do the opposite and have the letters
written by the characters to Karma. That would definitely help to add different
voices, but then maybe it would be considered third person (which is fine).
Bibliography
Buck, William (1973). Mahabharata
Buck, William (1976). Ramayana: King Rama’s Way
Indian Epic Storybooks: Karma. Website: Blog
Karma. Website: Wikipedia
Vasu. Website: Wikipedia
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