Have you ever visited an island in your life, in reality or virtually? I have visited a number of islands in the mangrove forests of the Sunderbans in India. There were monkeys on one island, there were crocodiles in the waters and there were tigers in the forests. It was an interesting adventure from sailing in the boat full with tourists and their families, eagerly clicking photographs of every island they passed, the open waterways free from any other river traffic, the delicious food we were served and the best part was walking on those swampy lands to visit camping lodges and ruins of old residences and monuments still standing on the small and large islands.
As a school boy, I was fascinated with Robert Louis Stevenson's famous adventure tale, "Treasure Island." Over the years I saw several versions of movies based on the popular novel. Another story and the movie based on it was Robinson Crusoe. Who can forget the movie, "Castaway" with Tom Hanks? I also loved watching the television live action series, "Arrow", based on the DC superhero comics. The main character Oliver Queen is shipwrecked on a mysterious island called Lian Yu, for five years, in the North China Sea.
Welcome to the Island of creativity and inspiration for writers. On this island you will find ideas old and new, that I have crafted with my imagination and creativity. These are all "seed" ideas that you can collect. Allow these ideas to germinate and develop into full-blown stories, article and poems that you can create into your vibrant literary pieces.
This book is sprinkled with tips on how you can find and develop your ideas, as well as discover all those hidden gems that are still lying buried in the island of creativity, within your fertile imagination. Remember that all you need to do is to get ready, pack your bags, hop onto a boat, as we navigate on the waters, to all the islands and uncharted swamplands, on the river of your imagination and creativity.
Keep a journal with you, to jot down all those ideas, that keep appearing in front of you, as you row your boat in the smooth, calm and sometimes rough waters of your imagination. There is an abundance of rich ideas waiting for you to discover them on this quest to the island of creativity and imagination for writers.
Thank you for reading this book and I hope that you discover all those wonderful ideas just waiting to be written and published, as you unleash your creative imagination.
