tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552707317670752823.post5129121148855498183..comments2023-10-17T04:56:38.303-04:00Comments on Cherie Reich - Author: Fantasy Chat: Worldbuilding Series: The World and MapsCherie Reichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16663147386014122939noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552707317670752823.post-24984784981998114722012-07-09T23:02:08.952-04:002012-07-09T23:02:08.952-04:00This is what stumped me and became an obstacle for...This is what stumped me and became an obstacle for my WIP, I felt a need to make the perfect map otherwise nothing would make sense, but just couldnt get it. Maybe Il try later :)sjphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05772883091207430753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552707317670752823.post-89574164227285256252012-06-12T20:34:59.588-04:002012-06-12T20:34:59.588-04:00Are you kidding, your drawing is so cool! And you ...Are you kidding, your drawing is so cool! And you are so right about the rule, "not everything needs to go into the novel." A lot of planning and outlining consists of getting to know the world, the characters and the works - just to give yourself a better idea of what you are creating. <br /><br />I have actually drawn maps of my characters' homes, complete with the blueprint rooms and features. That was a while ago though. But it was really fun :) <br /><br />~Wendy Lu<br /><br /><a href="http://xtheredangelx.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">The Red Angel Blog</a>Wendy Luhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08048944852796207898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552707317670752823.post-90693599429619345722012-06-12T17:08:02.018-04:002012-06-12T17:08:02.018-04:00I've drawn solar systems. :) I love world-buil...I've drawn solar systems. :) I love world-building. I tend to build a lot of my worlds on places I've lived.M Paxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14096697282530998519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552707317670752823.post-42368687637699169662012-06-12T13:29:51.871-04:002012-06-12T13:29:51.871-04:00Wonderful post! I'm a sucker for all things wo...Wonderful post! I'm a sucker for all things world-building. I do maps all the time, with various layers for different aspects of the world (commerce, weather, etc.) It's so fun!Nicolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10680066584646789184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552707317670752823.post-88939836752684282832012-06-12T09:20:23.559-04:002012-06-12T09:20:23.559-04:00This is a very useful post, thanks for it.
My cur...This is a very useful post, thanks for it.<br /><br />My current WIP is a zombie apocalypse set the near future in Arizona, but there are still world-building tasks to such as creating fictional towns and adding useful things to existing ones, plus changing the world-of-today into just the right near-future culture.<br /><br />I'm not good at map making since I can't draw, but for one fantasy world I kind of mentally superimpose the world on a map of North America and make modifications.Nissa Annakindthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16289000116822109714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552707317670752823.post-80514137132495802622012-06-12T04:30:28.648-04:002012-06-12T04:30:28.648-04:00I always check out the maps as well. I love them. ...I always check out the maps as well. I love them. I'm not very good at drawing them, though. I tried once and was told I made some geographical impossibilities. Oops.Lynda R Young as Elle Cardyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09975442291393246148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552707317670752823.post-17239943995635587552012-06-11T20:58:35.332-04:002012-06-11T20:58:35.332-04:00I love that you made such a wonderful map. Reminds...I love that you made such a wonderful map. Reminds me of Tolkien!Alleged Authorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04869021184116123477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552707317670752823.post-53205659308462356052012-06-11T20:34:13.389-04:002012-06-11T20:34:13.389-04:00These are great tips! My current story takes plac...These are great tips! My current story takes place in a mixture of a place I have been and a place I am going. My vacation/research takes place in a month.Heather Murphyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847855601653718033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552707317670752823.post-40120240646044631522012-06-11T19:15:04.272-04:002012-06-11T19:15:04.272-04:00While there's nothing inherently wrong with wo...While there's nothing inherently wrong with worldbuilding or even map drawing, I think that there is a potential danger there too. That comes when building the world becomes a separate endeavour from the rest of the novel, rather than the world being an expression of its themes, ideas and conflicts. Sometimes, the urge to draw a map can leave us with a story and a world, but the two not necessarily linked.stuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16388674850920848503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552707317670752823.post-61091176298273956702012-06-11T18:14:29.085-04:002012-06-11T18:14:29.085-04:00i love maps! i make them for every story, maps or ...i love maps! i make them for every story, maps or floorplans or room layouts! i am visual too, plus it makes the scene easier to describe =)<br /><br />yours is wonderful! i like to see what the author planned out! maps are awesome!Tara Tylerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07587802105993889515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552707317670752823.post-76866507194885008722012-06-11T18:12:02.076-04:002012-06-11T18:12:02.076-04:00I love your map!
No, I've never drawn a map--...I love your map!<br /><br />No, I've never drawn a map--though I think it would be fun to do so for a Fantasy world or other setting where the characters do some traveling.Golden Eaglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08721520451194318436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552707317670752823.post-80852069354745582682012-06-11T17:37:06.545-04:002012-06-11T17:37:06.545-04:00What a wonderful map! You drew the individual tree...What a wonderful map! You drew the individual trees and the highways. Just staring at it makes me think...what lies in the Great Beyond? What's in that huge forest?Michael Offutt, Phantom Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10557969104886174930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552707317670752823.post-65339915524062205532012-06-11T16:07:44.808-04:002012-06-11T16:07:44.808-04:00It's a good thing I don't write fantasy. I...It's a good thing I don't write fantasy. I have a hard enough time keeping things in the correct place as is, and they're set in familiar location - LOL. But it looks like fun :)Carol Kilgorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03745686632918324803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552707317670752823.post-48848840358892066422012-06-11T14:01:00.963-04:002012-06-11T14:01:00.963-04:00I love world building! I especially love knowing m...I love world building! I especially love knowing more than the reader. It makes me seem like the supreme dictator queen of an imaginary world. I'll proudly take the title. ;) Great advice!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552707317670752823.post-9017237943613330892012-06-11T13:47:48.950-04:002012-06-11T13:47:48.950-04:00I love drawing maps for my fantasy worlds! The one...I love drawing maps for my fantasy worlds! The ones I have look like the one you did there. :) Lots of stuff comes up naturally through my writing, but it's good to have a geological reference. Making up names is a lot of fun too!Christine Rainshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08263694662585963900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552707317670752823.post-1986602110076249972012-06-11T13:18:19.429-04:002012-06-11T13:18:19.429-04:00I had a lot of fun with the world building in my 2...I had a lot of fun with the world building in my 2010 NaNo novel Destiny's Road. I spent way longer than probably necessary designing a map on Photoshop. <br /><br />I'm with you, when I'm reading, I like to track a character's progress on a map of the area. I also quite like collecting fictional/ fantasy maps from video games. One day I need to frame them all. <br /><br />I think knowing details of your world is important, because a person's surroundings greatly affect how a person behaves. But you're right, sometimes a reader doesn't need to know all the details you know. It would be great to release an encyclopaedia with that information in though.Clarehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06102199553293874800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552707317670752823.post-69254737254398665122012-06-11T13:12:29.955-04:002012-06-11T13:12:29.955-04:00I love mapmaking when I create my worlds. One thin...I love mapmaking when I create my worlds. One thing I really want to do is to create a city map so I know the ins and outs of every street and alley to be able to better tell the story. Cartography and worldbuilding make good bed fellows :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02548680159204361401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552707317670752823.post-8877717320595225662012-06-11T13:07:51.955-04:002012-06-11T13:07:51.955-04:00I find drawing maps helps me to visualize it bette...I find drawing maps helps me to visualize it better, but I'm awful at drawing them!<br /><br />Allison (<a href="http://www.alsgeekbanter.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">Geek Banter</a>)Allisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02586970076965983267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552707317670752823.post-14522208208296965692012-06-11T10:55:39.048-04:002012-06-11T10:55:39.048-04:00I write fantasy and always have to create a map fo...I write fantasy and always have to create a map for my world. Also, like you, when I read fantasy I'm always checking back to the map inside the cover.<br /><br />I make complex and intricate maps in Photoshop, always adding to it with more details as I write my way through the story. I spend just about as much time map making as I do actually writing!Spanjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13893837904669368614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552707317670752823.post-56406011436913360742012-06-11T10:30:39.503-04:002012-06-11T10:30:39.503-04:00This seems perfectly sensible to me. I'm a map...This seems perfectly sensible to me. I'm a map person too. I usually come up with the characters first, write a few scenes, and then I can go no further until I have a map. Mine usually look pretty much like yours in terms of line drawing and art style. I really just can't do anything else until I know the layout of the land, or the city (depending on the story).Callie Leuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09535505792102190920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552707317670752823.post-76419052164129984502012-06-11T10:29:13.184-04:002012-06-11T10:29:13.184-04:00I've created three worlds where I drew a map f...I've created three worlds where I drew a map for the world. I also created languages for two of them. Yes, I'm a nerd. ;)Esther Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07688983385593428361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552707317670752823.post-77189105935425295192012-06-11T08:40:34.411-04:002012-06-11T08:40:34.411-04:00You've put this so well. Yes, my writing partn...You've put this so well. Yes, my writing partner and I created a new land when we wrote our post-apocalyptic story. And it needed a map. However, I noticed that although the ebook shows it, the reader can't easily flick back on Kindle. Only readers of the paper copy have that option.Francene Stanleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08298485336064691700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552707317670752823.post-69268827794394857562012-06-11T08:30:04.390-04:002012-06-11T08:30:04.390-04:00I've done everything *but* draw a map for Term...I've done everything *but* draw a map for Termag, and I should do that soon. I've set up a wiki on my laptop to start keeping track of history, various regions, idioms, gestures, and the like. (Seeing as I'm writing stories in three different ages of the world, it's getting harder to keep track of everything in my head!)Larry Kollarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08317037795075278427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552707317670752823.post-47536849767352141062012-06-11T08:24:51.007-04:002012-06-11T08:24:51.007-04:00I've not drawn a map, although I can visualize...I've not drawn a map, although I can visualize the locations. Creating names is fun. I usually do that at the end, but in my current manuscript I'm making them up as I write.Alex J. Cavanaughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09770065693345181702noreply@blogger.com