At first, I thought about skipping the topic this week. I didn’t have time to think about what I’d invent if I were stuck or stranded on an island. For the heck of it, I began writing and came up with typical ideas, except for one of them. Since this is a short post, I included a couple ideas. Welcome to week nine in the 52-Week Blog Challenge.
Week 9: What I would invent if I were stuck on an island
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Yeah, about that…
I’d like to know what you’d invent if you were stuck on an island.
The chance of me being out on a boat by myself is nil. I’ll assume I’m not alone on this warm and lush island. We’re here because of a shipwreck, not a day at the beach. Preferably, one of the other survivors is tall, dark, and handsome. Okay, scratch the cliché. ❤ Everyone would have to pitch in to brainstorm and invent what we didn’t already have at our disposal. Teamwork is mandatory. Haha, yeah, right.
Right off the top of my head I’d say we’d need a water filter/ purifier if we were surrounded by salt water. If it wasn’t salt water, I’d like a filter anyway.
I’d need to invent tools for writing. If stranded, I’d have to write about it.
I wouldn’t be able to kill an animal or fish, for food. Someone else can. You might say it depended on how hungry I’d get. A snake is altogether different. I cringe at the word snake.
For my protection and sanity, I’d have to invent a snake barrier. I wouldn’t stop there. Oh, no. I’d have to get around to search for food and resources, so I’d invent some kind of bubble or barrier around me to feel safe while trekking through the interior of the island.
How far-fetched is a snake barrier?
A snake barrier, water, food, and shelter would be a priority. After living on the island for an undetermined amount of time, I’d know more of what I, or we, needed to invent.
However, other than a ship or boat, the most important thing for survival, would be to invent a telephone or a source of communication to contact someone to get us off the freaking island. On the other hand, if we enjoy being stranded on said island, I’d say scratch the communication invention for a while to concentrate on surviving and having a good time. <Insert above cliché here.>
I couldn’t help but think of Gilligan’s Island and The Blue Lagoon. Did you?
Remember folks, this is a blog hop. The list of participating authors can be found HERE. We all appreciate visitors.
By the way, dear reader… What would you invent if you were stuck on an island?
While waiting for edits to come back on Cowboy Boss and his Destiny, I’m still deep into revisions (another book) and updating back matter in all my books. It’ll take me time to get around to read other posts. I can’t wait to see how other participants handled this topic.
Enjoy your weekend. Stay safe.
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Mary J. McCoy-Dressel 
15 thoughts on “#AmWriting Stuck On An Island With You: Inventions”
Meka James
Yes!!! Snake barrier is very important. I would want to have one of those as well. So many of you were smart to think about water. I better hope I’m stranded with an endless supply of bottled water or I’m really doomed. LOL
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Mary J. McCoy-Dressel
Oh, great! Another snake barrier buddy. We can all hunt together. An endless supply of bottled water would make it so much easier. Thanks for visiting, Meka.
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storimom2
I would definitely need a snake barrier! And a bug barrier. I’ve watched enough Survivor episodes to know what crawls around your face at night. Ugh.
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Mary J. McCoy-Dressel
Ah, good, we’ll share the snake barrier, Molly! Thanks for stopping by.
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Cathy Brockman
I forgot about water purifier. I’d die before enjoying being stranded with my fictional hunky captain. Well drats. I too thought of Gillian’s island and blue lagoon
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Mary J. McCoy-Dressel
Cathy, hopefully, your hunky captain has some survival skills and can teach you how to survive. Then if something happens to him, you got this!
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Holly Bargo
I answered that question: I’m not inventor. With priorities like survival being utmost, my next thought turns to hygiene. I’m odd like that.
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Mary J. McCoy-Dressel
I can’t blame you for that, Holly. I can understand how hygiene would be a problem. I don’t think it’s odd. 🙂
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D. Wallace Peach
These types of posts are so interesting because of all the assumptions we have to make about what’s available for survival. You have some great ideas here, Mary. I especially like it that you aren’t alone. Clean water, a phone, food, and… a snake barrier? Ha ha. Love it.
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Mary J. McCoy-Dressel
I don’t think you’d need the snake barrier, Diana. 🙂 I’m sort of a loner, but it scares me to think of being alone on an island. Once I was left alone in the Pennsylvania mountains because I couldn’t cross the trestle with my ex and my son. Of course, they couldn’t just come across the trestle to get back. No, they had to take the long way by crossing under it and across that terrain. It felt like I was alone on an island. I didn’t have the car keys, either. Bear country! A tornado destroyed the trestle some years ago. I wrote about this bridge in my time-travel romances. It looks like they rebuilt part of it with a glass floor!!!!!!!!!!
http://visitanf.com/kinzua-state-park-sky-walk/ I placed a video on my FB page. Sorry, this is totally off topic.
Thanks for visiting.
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D. Wallace Peach
I used to be fine with heights, but not any more. My balance isn’t what it used to be. As long as the island doesn’t have any trestles with glass floors, we’re good!
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Helen Henderson
I’m with you about feeling alone and stranded when you’re out in the wilds. I remember the trestle but hadn’t heard it was rebuilt as a tourist attraction.
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Mary J. McCoy-Dressel
I didn’t know it had been rebuilt, either, Helen, until today. I should ask my ex to go check it out and send pictures. The cottage I used to be part owner of, is not far from there. He still has it. I love the history of the bridge and had fun writing it into a book back in the day. Thanks for reading.
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Teagan R. Geneviene
😀 Mary, I think you have the outline of a good fantasy-post-apocalypse story here. Go ahead and bring back the dark handsome stranger. 😉 (I’m with you about the snakes!)
What would I invent…? Hmmm… well I’d probably write with the charred end of a stick from the campfire, but that’s not an invention. I guess I could write ON the handsome stranger’s back… Okay, writing materials: check. Now for water… Since I couldn’t bring myself to kill the wild rabbit I caught, I’d have to teach it to dig a well. Rabbits are good diggers…
LOL. I surrender now. I wouldn’t last long on the island. Hugs.
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Mary J. McCoy-Dressel
Teagan, if only I wrote fantasy-post-apocalypse fiction. Thanks for the idea though. I like your idea about writing on the guy’s back. Not with a charred stick though. I’d have to keep him safe with all my words on his skin. Rabbits. Now I never thought of that. Thanks for playing along.
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