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I found the story of Nalayani and her five husbands interesting and thought I could write an interesting story about it. The story would be set in medieval times, where there are kings, princesses, and kingdoms. In my story, Nalayani will be the princess of a great king that hopes to unite their kingdom and the neighboring kingdom. He devises a plan of sending his daughter to the other kingdom to wed the prince of that kingdom to join the two together. The name of the princess will be Nala. Familiar right?
As Nala arrives in the neighboring kingdom she is greeted by five young men. She would be confused as to why these five men are greeting her rather than the prince greeting her himself. To her surprise, she finds out that all five of the men are the princes to the kingdom. The five princes have been tasked to impress the princess in any way possible and it would be her choice to choose who she would like to marry. However, this never happens. Nala feels as if none of the princes have proven their worth by anything they have done. Each prince is equally good or bad at what the others are capable of.
The king decides on a new solution. All five princes will be the husband of Nala. Nala will be very reluctant to this declaration and try to argue with the king, however, it does not fall well for her. She pleas to the king that she believes it is not right to be married to five men at once. The king would hear her out this last time and come up with a final compromise. Each prince will be her husband only during a specific time of the week. This way, Nala could preserve her virtue while still combining the kingdoms. Nala agrees to the proposal and lives her life with five husbands.
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Public Domain Edition, Mahabharata, Part B Reading
I have found story planning posts to be extremely interesting more recently. I have only tried a planning post once so far but am even more inspired to try it again after reading yours. I thought that you kept it short and sweet which was good. I also thought that you hit all the key points of what your story would be about without giving too much away to a reader. If you do write this story I would be interested in reading it to see how it plays out.
ReplyDeleteHi Tyler.
ReplyDeleteI’m excited to see your story unfold from your story planning. I like the image you picked of the castle. It reminds me of something you would see in a picture book as a kid. You could include the personalities’ of the five men in your story to give your characters character. Haha. Good luck with your story!