Which came first: the story or the map?
Honestly, it depends on the kind of storyteller you are. When I set out to write my first epic fantasy, I thought I had all my world-building done. I knew the names of every town, how they were governed, how many kingdoms were on the continent, and where I wanted my heroes to go. The only problem was that once I started writing, I couldn’t figure out how long it would take to get to each city, what the climate was on the trail between them, and what important landmarks would help and hinder my little band of travelers.
As a visual learner, it helped enormously to be able to refer to a
