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By Tineke Bryson, Staff<\/p>\n

How do we make our story world maps the best they can be? After tackling intimidation<\/a>, and coming to terms with the risks we take by not actually drawing our fictional world<\/a>, how do we actually make the map?<\/em><\/p>\n

…<\/p>\n

It’s easy to wax poetic about maps of fictional places. They are just so exciting! But nailing down a list \"\"<\/a>of practical steps for getting the most out of our mapmaking projects<\/strong> is tough. Lists are, well, limited. This post can\u2019t say everything.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s what I\u2019ve got.<\/p>\n

1. Think about your map\u2019s purpose. <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Is this map primarily to help your reader get situated? Or is it for you as the writer? It may seem rudimentary, but we need to consider our audience.<\/strong> How much information do our readers need? It\u2019s okay for a map to be mainly decorative, but if we want our readers to use<\/em> the map, we\u2019ll want to make it approachable, which means easy on the eyes<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Deciding to have the map figure in your plot itself can be a great way to heighten your reader\u2019s sense of being along for the adventure.<\/strong> There\u2019s also something compelling about a map that purports to have been made by a character\u2019s ancestors, or, say, a group of mysterious underground historians. But if we want our readers to buy the idea that the map is an ancient artifact, or a copy of the original map in the hands of the hero, we have some work to do. It\u2019s got to look the part.<\/strong> If it\u2019s supposed to have been scrawled by an uneducated hillbilly, it certainly shouldn\u2019t sport sophisticated nautical bearings.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s also got to contain the information the characters themselves reference, and shouldn’t it also be in their script and language?<\/p>\n

But I don\u2019t have that language worked out! And if I put it in their writing system, my readers won\u2019t be able to read it!<\/em><\/p>\n

\"An<\/a>

An example of one of Daniel Schwabauer’s maps, drawn to scale on graph paper.<\/p><\/div>\n

No worries. Tell your readers it\u2019s a translation from the original. Seem underhanded? You might be\u00a0 surprised how often writers use tricks like this. If you create an illusion of distance from the source, you lift the pressure to make it perfect.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tolkien makes liberal use of this distancing maneuver<\/strong> so that he can include elven poems and songs in his books. By telling us, through Bilbo or Sam, that \u201cthis is a translation,\u201d he is able to convey the sublime idea<\/em> of the piece without undermining the effect\u2014never mind his credibility. After all, if you say an elven song is otherworldly and full of mysterious power, you can\u2019t exactly put stilted words into their mouths.<\/p>\n

2. Choose materials.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Your vanished paleontologist mentor figure may well have etched his maps in leather, but you probably don\u2019t have that option. What will you use? Daniel Schwabauer\u2014Mr. S. to many of you\u2014likes to use large sheets of graph paper because it\u2019s useful for scaling<\/strong>. If that\u2019s not an important concern, any blank paper will do, but large sketching or art paper is the best.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s especially fun to prep the paper for your final product by staining it with wet black tea bags<\/strong> and sticking it in the oven on medium heat to speed-dry. You do have to keep a careful eye on the paper\u2014remove it when the edges begin to curl.<\/strong> It comes out looking hundreds of years old (okay, not really, but close). You can flatten out any warps in the paper by ironing it on low afterward.<\/p>\n

\"Tineke<\/a>

Here’s an example of a tea-stained map. I made it when I was 11, so, you know, I stole a lot of place names from Middle Earth. \ud83d\ude09 FYI, since I only decided to blacken the edges AFTER drawing the map, I was overcautious with the matches, so this is not a great example of the match technique.<\/p><\/div>\n

For an extra touch, hold a lit match to the edges and carefully blacken them. It’s a good idea to have several pieces of dyed paper ready, since putting a match to them is an imprecise art. Some of them will turn out cooler than others.<\/p>\n

As far as what to draw with, it\u2019s always a good idea to sketch in pencil first, of course, but when you\u2019re ready to finalize, just make sure you use a pen you know you can depend on<\/strong>, and that you have extras in case it gives out<\/strong>. You want your lines to be consistent and clean.<\/p>\n

3. Seriously consider taking up calligraphy.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Calligraphy pens revolutionized my maps when I was in my teens. Before I got this calligraphy kit<\/a>, I really thought beautiful writing could only be achieved by a mysterious magical art. Then I learned that it\u2019s all about the pen<\/strong>. Calligraphy takes some practice, but if you would like to add some seraphs and style to your lettering, I would seriously recommend getting a basic kit. It’s fun, and it makes your words look awesome.<\/strong><\/p>\n

4. Make a decision about scale.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

We talked about the option of actually using a scale for our maps in our last post<\/a>. It\u2019s very useful for determining distances your characters need to cover.<\/strong> Of course, there\u2019s a certain freedom in drawing without one, but even if you prefer to set aside practical considerations when first drawing your world, you can add a scale in the revision stage.<\/p>\n

\"Tineke<\/a>

Example of where NOT to locate the biggest city in your trade-loving country, courtesy of 9th grade me.<\/p><\/div>\n

Just do yourself a favor and make it simple to compute.<\/strong> In my 9th<\/sup> grade fantasy world, for instance, a tol<\/em> was equivalent to half a kilometer. I\u2019m not good at math, so I don\u2019t pressure myself to reinvent the wheel.<\/p>\n

Distances are not as complicated as we may imagine, and the Internet is full of information<\/strong>. Need to know how far the average person can walk in a day? Look it up. Need to know how fast a horse carrying a human can gallop? Look it up.<\/p>\n

5. Let the geography teach you. <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

We addressed geography and culture at some length in our last post<\/a>, but to sum up: Anyone who\u2019s studied history or culture knows geography directly impacts culture<\/strong>. A people group isolated by mountain ranges is unlikely to feel friendly to strangers. A kingdom without a coastline is likely to resort to violence to get access to a port. Or focus its energies on trading agreements with coastal neighbors. If your story world boasts an advanced civilization in the middle of a wasteland, you\u2019ve got a lot of explaining to do.<\/p>\n

6. Name away, but reign your taste in with reason.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

One of the most intimidating aspects of mapmaking and of world building in general is naming. We long to be creative\u2014to draw the reader in with enticing-sounding place names and characters\u2014and yet we also want to be consistent and grounded.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I am not a place names genius. Half of my first story map was stolen straight from Middle Earth (see photo of my tea-stained map above). When I grew older I named places with reference to a long list I kept of all my favorite words. Isolating all the best syllables, I mixed them up and put them together in new combinations. Quilt<\/em> and teepee<\/em> turned into Quillipee<\/em>; Spoolerin\u00a0River<\/em> was just an elaboration on spool<\/em>. When I needed something ugly for naming enemy territories, I did the reverse. Since many of my favorite words happened to be Anglo-Saxon (or from Tolkien!), this gave my kingdoms a unified feel, but that was as deep as my linguistics went.<\/p>\n

\"Tineke<\/a>

Look at all the pretty syllables! (9th grade map)<\/p><\/div>\n

Other writers, my husband for example, go to more trouble. In creating a kind of alternate plane version of the pre-Medieval British Isles, he studies the makeup of British place names by region and plays with the roots for his own combinations. He carefully avoids any root words with Latin influence because they would be anachronistic.<\/p>\n

Remember, pick names that are sensible\u2014that spring from the commonplace\u2014instead of names that drip with innovation.<\/strong> Remember to use reason to work out what kind of names would actually make sense.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In the real world, even gorgeous, epic-sounding place names are based on prominent landmarks or flora and fauna, or important people, or historic events.<\/strong> They only sound mysterious because they are in a language or dialect you don’t know and you are unfamiliar with the area’s history and geography.<\/p>\n

The way to make your fictional world believable is to give names in the same way.<\/strong> It may seem humdrum or too much hard brain work, but when you hear your readers use those names with a straight face, you better believe you’ll be glad you grounded your world in reality.<\/p>\n

The easy tricks to naming imaginary places and people may seem cheap. But even Tolkien started with what he knew about languages and cultures in the real world<\/strong>. J. K. Rowling gave names to her fictional magical spells by vaguely Latinizing related English words (e.g., winguardium leviosa<\/em>, a charm to make an object or person lift off the ground, is roughly named for \u201clifting\u201d and \u201cwings\u201d).<\/p>\n

It\u2019s better to make modest attempts at introducing new words and language than to bite off more than you can chew. Don\u2019t jerk your reader from one unfamiliar, difficult-to-pronounce name to the next.<\/strong> If you want to use an invented term, make sure to first use it with context so that your reader can add it to their vocabulary without confusion.<\/p>\n

7. Give yourself a break.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

No one has ever mapped your story world before. Instead of daunting you, this should give you courage. There isn\u2019t one right way to do it. And you don\u2019t have to worry about someone else outdoing you<\/strong>\u2014not unless you make it big; and by then your happiness about being a successful author will make your more artistic fan\u2019s astounding map less of an affront.<\/p>\n

So\u2026 have fun. The most beautiful maps all started as scrawls. The most impressive world-building started with jotted notes and quick sketches.<\/strong><\/p>\n

…<\/p>\n

What tips or practical steps would you add to this list?<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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