Jara Chapter Planning
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| "Glacier Night" Source: Pixabay |
Ideas
- Unlike the other two stories, I want to show Jara receiving her exile news from her father
- Show some grudge towards her father, much like her cousin Kaloo
- Jara is sixteen and the sister to Rama
- Jara is dark skinned
- Jara can manipulate light and expel it form her eyes
- Her eyes are usually glowing but varying in intensity depending on mood
- Exiled to the northern glaciers
- This is the farthest from home out of the exile locations
- Light only shines for a few hours per day
- She is considered the least dangerous
- The god/goddess she meets becomes a parent figure in place of her father
Notes
"Pandava brothers = The Princes of Elephant City"
-Rama and Jara are similar to the Pandava brothers
"Arjuna is exiled and his adventures begin including burning the forrest with Agni"
-Jara could meet a god/goddess like Arjuna did while on exile
Styles
-Similar format to the Rama and Kaloo chapter's, besides the start
-Narrative between Jara and her father
-Narrative between Jara and her god/goddess she meets
-Show a transition of Jara
Character Sketch
-Jara: 16, dark skin, glowing eyes, strong
-Father: powerful, remorseful, betrayal
-God/Goddess: powerful, mentor, father/mother figure
This story is loosely based off the stories of Ramayana and Mahabharata. I used some characters from this story and ideas of dark and light to fuel the overlying theme. The idea of the cousins came from Mahabharata. In this story one of the cousins is exiled and has an encounter with the god Agni where he burns down the forrest for him. The Pandava brothers have all sorts of adventures in the forrest including Arjuna getting his golden armor form Shiva, and Yudhishthira answering all of the serpents riddles
Vann, it looks like you have a really good idea of what you want to do with your story! I like the gender flip a lot because while it's a small detail it really changes the whole perspective of the story. Can't wait to see your final product with this!
ReplyDeleteI think that this story idea sounds great. You have a lot of plans already set up which is always good. This story sounds like it is very creative! I can tell that you put effort into what your story may be like. Each character has physical characteristics along with an emotional one as well. This is important when developing characters.
ReplyDeleteI like the fact that you have listed out your plans in great detail. This will help your write your story later one in more detail than probably expected. I also love the picture that you used for this post and how you connected it to being exiled out there would be terrible but the gods and goddess would help her. I am excited to see what your story ends up looking like!
ReplyDeleteI like how detailed you've presented your ideas. I haven't done a story planning post yet and I wasn't exactly sure how I would format this page, so your post was very helpful. I like how you added a supernatural or mutant like characteristic to your Jera character. I feel like the introduction of a god/goddess into Jera's life has the potential to increase the complexity of the story.
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