Indian Epics

Why We Ask You to Buy us a Coffee “You really need to learn to accept a gift with grace,” he said. “A gift doesn’t come with any conditions or an implied reciprocation.” Create Power Paragraphs for Stronger Storytelling Sentence Spotlight " The  dominant   sentence  is the first and most important in any paragraph" " The  flow sentences  tease out the adventure promised by the dominant sentence" " The  linking sentence  ends a paragraph" "The  call-out sentence  is paragraph in its own right." 10 Things William Faulkner Had to Say About Writing I'm a big William Faulkner fan. As I Lay Dying is one of may favorite books. I've copied a few  distinct phrases from his list of 10. I found them to be inspiring.  The act of writing shows movement, activity, life. I think it best to use as little dialect as possible because it confuses people who are not familiar with it. That nobody should let the c...

Ganesha agreed to become the tribe of the Mahabharata, but only if his pencil never stopped moving The story of Vyssa's birth is ~wacky Devavrata (Bhishma) Ganga, his goddess mother, gives him 1/8 of the power of each of the 8 V asus The king falls in love with Ganga but she makes him promise to do whatever she wants if she is to marry her, she agrees She "kills" 7 of her babies (reincarnated Vasus) When she tries the kill the 8th the king stops her and she leaves him  She returns to give the king a son, Devavrata The king wants to marry Vyssa's mother but cannot But Devavrata promises not to marry or have a son if Satyatvati is given to his father as his bride King Shantanu and Satyatvati have 2 sons The first is an arrogant ruler and dies in battle The second is young when he takes the throne Bhishma wins 3 maidens for his brother ( the young king) at a contest Amba, the oldest of the maidens, loves another man so she is permitted to leave Amb...