map Archive
I finished the last of the maps that I had intended to draw today, so now, I’m on to my last step before the actual writing. This is from 2k to 10k, but after the maps, and memorizing character details, …
Today, I gave shape to my capital city with a map of the city and castle. It’s pretty rudimentary, but good enough for my purposes. I had been facing some resistance over this map drawing phase, since I’ve never done …
Today I returned to the map of my kingdom and the thorny problem of it not lining up with my storyline, especially in the final “chase” portion. I was struggling to make the geography make sense for the scenes I …
Today I thought I would whip through my maps, but not so. As I was drawing the kingdom for my story, I realized how little I knew about the relative placement of cities, rivers, and roads. When I wrote my …