Maps as we have talked about them hold a very significant role in writing and as we look at them we find the map is not a map especially when we write it as we plan out stories a story is a map and it’s a map of how the story can look out and when we look at Turchi we find so often that people try to map this story world that they’ve created before it’s done and in doing that I think we find That we either limit ourselves in our explanation of the story or explore too much and then close ourselves off from other things Additionally As you are writing you the writer make yourself a little map
Maps are crucial for almost everything that we do as society with running the economy even though maps are not always the same. This could be for many reasons from Sponsor Influence to Their own personal biases but that’s not really what I’m here to talk about today what I’m here to talk about is in fictional works we can often see a map of the story sometimes there is a literal map such as Lord of the Rings or The Inheritance cycle there is a map in the book but more often than not it’s a figurative map a metaphor of how this world is and more often than not we find that even if multiple authors write about the same place the city town Country we find thatThey describe it differently Such as how EB white describes New York and John cheever describes New York each author when they create their map of the story has their own idea of what they want the map to look like and the map is going to look different for everyone because each author has a different idea the map will look different for a feel-good story of coming of age then it will for a harsh gripping criticism of the states in industrial growth that is hugely important Aside from this the map of a book or of a story is important because it allows us to explore especially if it’s a fiction book How the author made the story because this map is very telling of the author itself the maps the author creates for the stories tell the story But when these cartographers make maps they’re never just making a map to make a map there’s always multifaceted reasons behind them making a map and oftentimes it comes down to two main reasons one the sponsor especially in more ancient times when not making is really a profession that was by higher you know you didn’t make maps because you thought it’d be cool you were making Maps because someone was paying you to and I think a lot of the times these people had them change things might not have been huge things they would have been things nonetheless because for someone like a king or Lord or someone like a wealthy person these people are in positions of power over top of these map makers
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