How to Map An Imaginary World (for writers)

I don't normally write books that have a physical imaginary world, mostly just in my head, but I love this idea from Melissa Taylor:

Perhaps start with a map of your own yard or town, but pepper it with magic trees, secret tunnels, fairy castles, and tongue-twisting words for ordinary places.

Make a list of all the things one might find on a map, and see how many you can fit in:

Mountains and hills

Rivers, waterfalls, swamps, lakes, and oceans

Caves

Cities and villages

Forests

Farmland

Roads

Haunted houses

Tree houses

Countries with strange names

Secret entrances to underground cities

Bridges with trolls under them

Castles

Forts

Robot factories

Harbors with ships

Buried giants

Monsters’ lairs. . . .

Read the full article here
~ Kells 
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