A Writing Break: Map It Out
Maps are fun. They give us a way of seeing a place and all its details before beginning our exploration. The book I reviewed in my previous post, "Paris was the Place" , talks about maps and the narrator-protagonist describes Paris and how its streets are laid out. Here is Paris's subway map: Image source: https://about-france.com/paris-metro-map.pdf Subway maps are also interesting, especially those of Paris and Japan. I haven't traveled very much, so when I was playing the video games Nancy Drew: Danger by Design and Shadow at the Water's Edge , the maps were a bit daunting. There are just so many stops! Nancy Drew Paris Subway Map I'm a writer, so why am I going on about maps? Well, because maps are useful for writing; you can map out your story or create a map to help you visualize the world you're creating. Sometimes, the ideas won't come to me or I struggle to write a scene with the right words, so I turn to design ...