The key to making both fiction and nonfiction real for the reader is subtle but crucial: world building. Maps, no matter how rudimentary, are the foundation of world building in my writing process.
The first map of what eventually became my world of Neveyah series emerged from a conversation with a game designer and was scribbled on a piece of note paper in a Starbucks. I transferred the scribble to graph paper, and over time, that map grew, evolving into a full color relief map of the world as it exists in my mind.
I love maps. Since that early scribble, my maps all start out in a rudimentary form, just a way to keep my work straight. I use pencil and graph paper at this stage, because as the manuscript evolves, sometimes towns must be renamed. They may have to be moved to more logical places. Whole mountain ranges…
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Wow, that looks like it took some time to create!
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Hello! Yes, but I loved creating that world. It evolved originally as the basis of an anime-based RPG that was never put into production (tech crash happened). I had retained the rights to my work, and that was what the series evolved out of.
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Very impressive ❤️
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♥ Thank you, Chris ♥ What a nice surprise! I hope your week has begun well!
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Yep – Hope you have a great week too, Connie 🤗
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