Reading Notes: PDE Mahabharata Section C

Life in the Forest

Source. Indian Myth and Legend by Donald A. Mackenzie (1913)

I think it would be fun to expand on the stories of the Pandavas exploring the forests and talking to sages, doing odd jobs, and what-not during their exile. I could make the story be composed of short little bits of different stories. A little detail of the brothers visiting a mystic guru in a forest cave, one where they encounter a wise old wizard who has become an elk, and get some sound advice from him.

In the Forest, a Mystic Cave (Source : pixabay)

It'll be difficult to balance having several stories while staying under the word limit. I'll have to be careful and maybe only choose two or three, depending on how short or long I make each little tale. I will probably change up the composition of the Pandavas, making each one a unique character of my own, while keeping some of the spirit of the original characters. I may also decrease the number of them, just to make the tales easier to digest. Having less characters to work with is much easier, then again, maybe a challenge is what I need!

I would try to instill a feeling of almost a montage sequence in a movie. Each of these snippets that the reader gets to see are just glimpses into much larger stories. With this in mind, I may be able to get a lot more little situations in, as long as I'm careful not to overdo any single stories. I think this would be a really fun kind of story to write, and I definitely haven't written any like it before.

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