Week 5 Planning: The Last Ramayana Story

This week I was torn between a couple options story wise as to what I should write about. After re-watching the animated film "Sita Sings the Blues" one more time I am still not sure what route I want to go, but I am leaning more toward extending the ending. I think that it will be a hard task in keeping it under the 1000 word limit, but maybe with some specific techniques it can be done. First, I would take the story up right where it left off with Rama shedding a tear and telling his son's that even though I just met them that he must leave them the throne and search for Sita. I think that I could make the introduction to the story longer to give some background and then on his travels give more of an outline feel for what he does. Leaving relatively longer paragraphs for people he meets along the way as well as the ending. Maybe, even, I could leave the ending of the story open. He might see Sita sitting on a far mountain and then end the story with him walking toward her. This could accomplish two things in my favor. One, it would give the reader more of a sense of creativity allowing them to create their own version of what might of happened. Two, it will save me from

Vishnu, the Ultimate of God's 

going too far beyond the word limit for a story. I think that this is my best bet. I will not be specifically  retelling the story. Well, kind of in a way because I will give a prelude in the beginning of the story for those that had not watched the short film. But mainly I am, in a way, changing the plot of the story. Rama now feels differently toward Sita. The characters will all be the same, besides the addition of maybe one or two he meets along his new journey.

Research
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhūmi for information on India's Mother Earth Goddess
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vishnu for information on Vishnu to aid in Rama's travel

Bibliography
Nina Paley, "Sita Sings the Blues" 2008" link.