Styles Brainstorming: Karma and Social Media

Topic:
My storybook will be about how the personified character version of Karma would be like. For  this storybook I would like my goal to be to choose a story from four different sources dealing with some main characters. From my readings so far I would like to use the story of Ravana and Sita. I think the episodes involving this story will make a great Karma story as Ravana “gets what he deserves”. Another story I would like to use is Indrajit from Public Domain Editions Ramayana. I think this story would be interesting from Karma’s perspective because the actions of Rama may have led to him being saved by Garuda.

(Ravana, Sita, and Jatayu)

Because I am using Karma as my character I do not think I will have trouble finding stories to use, in fact, I think I am going to have more trouble on deciding which stories I would prefer, which may take some thought. My main criteria for choosing stories will be stories that have an already strong Karma presence. This could include stories which feature a character with ill-will or bad intentions or maybe a story where someone is making a very difficult decision.


Bibliography:
1. Ravana and Sita, from Public Domain Editions Ramayana, by Romesh Dutt (1899). 
2. Indrajit, from Public Domain Editions Ramayana, by Romesh Dutt (1899).

Possible Styles:

First-Person Storytelling: I like the idea of using this style because it would make the character Karma, an actual present character. By using the first-person storytelling style I would be able to access Karma’s inner thoughts and dialogues which would be great for the social media component  of this story. With this style of storytelling I would be able to really delve into Karma’s thoughts and understand why “it” is making the decisions the way it does. 

Courtroom Style: I think this style would be great for Karma. May people view Karma as a cosmic justice type entity. Maybe I could set up Karma as a judge and the plaintiff and defendant as characters from which every story I am retelling. I am very excited about this style. 

Blogging/ Social Media Style: For this style I would like to incorporate the Diary of Karma with Karma’s Social Medias. I think this would be great to get the real emotion behind Karma and its decisions. I like the idea of a blown platform to convey the ideas of Karma. I think this story telling style would take some work to make it “look” nice online. I would have to figure out how to set up fake social medias and other accounts, but it could be successful. 

Bedtime Stories: I like the idea of a bedtime Karma story. Something you could tell your children, a life lesson, that would help them fall asleep, but also be a really good read. I think this could make some really excellent Karma stories! 


In addition, I like this storybook!