What woke up this sleeping whale? How long had it been there? Why was there a forest growing on the back of it? Could I turn this whale into some sort of sea deity who gives refuge to lost sailors but this particular batch did something to anger him so he decided to drown them? Whale point of view or Sindbad, or perhaps some trusting sailor who drowns.
If from the whales perspective it would be fascinating to hear its story, from it young life to its long slumber, the why and hows to how it got to be where it was.
If from the poor unfortunate sailor. Definitely show that Sinbad refuses to give him a hand. Describe the other worldliness of the "island", its enchanting feel.
2nd Voyage
Perhaps the crew left Sinbad on purpose, putting sleeping drugs in his drink-would have to explain how and why they did so. Sinbad is a braggart and thinks of himself to highly? Ending would be leaving Sinbad on the island.
For ironies sake - the Roc eats Sinbad. So the story would be from his perspective tied to the meat. We would here how he arrived, and lived the day in the valley hiding from the snakes, how he plotted to take the diamonds and get a ride to freedom. Then just as he is about to be free-plot twist. One of the birds eats him thus ending his journeys.
4th Voyage
It would be so interesting to document Sinbad decent into insanity. Starting from the death of his friend -he gets increasingly paranoid. To the death of his wife-frantic,tries to run and is caught. To witnessing his own funeral-tied down,guards. To the macabre cavern- conversations with the dead talking to a wall, the smell. To complete inhumanity- killing other people(maybe eating them to).
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| Mother Island by Thiago Neumann Behance |
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