Beyond Writing: Create a Professional-Looking Map For Your Novel
First, a huge thanks to my friend Rachel for guest blogging for me last week! She’ll probably be back in a few months, after I give my other friends a chance to guest blog for me first. :) One map is more helpful than an entire travel guide. Maps visually reveal the location of important countries, cities, and landmarks, and even more important, where all those places are in relation to each other. All that can be shown on one screen or sheet of paper. That kind of information is invaluable. So obviously, then, you need a map for your novel! I have gone through several drafts of maps for my novel’s world (I drew my first map for the book I’m currently editing when I was thirteen), but the basic directional locations stayed the same. Now, I’m completely satisfied with my novel’s map, and hopefully some of the tools and techniques I used can help you in some way. In my opinion, every novel needs a map, at least a reference map for yo...