[stylist] Help needed with World Building

[Barbara Hammel]

You could be extravagant if you want it to last and get a piece of ply wood 
and glue poster board to it.  Then you could make your features out of 
different things, like yarn for rivers and sandpaper for a desert.
Barbara

A Congress that will always do its work in the dark must have something to 
hide.  The people have spoken, yet they do not listen.

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Subject: [stylist] Help needed with World Building

> Apologies for cross-posting but I have only selected people/lists that I
> believe may be able to help.
>
> I am trying to come up with either a high-tech or low-tech way to map out 
> a
> world that I am creating for a novel. Currently, I am using yWriter (great
> free program) to write and organize. This fulfills most of my needs.
> However, what I am looking for now, is a way to create a map of a complex
> city. I also need to be able to create interiors so that I can keep track 
> of
> some inventive features that I am including. This story has the potential 
> to
> cover more than one novel so I want to be able to go back to the map at 
> any
> point and "walk" around when I am writing scenes.
>
> In the past, I have simply drawn a map for visual reference. Now, I am
> interested in either a way to make a tactile version (but this would have 
> to
> cover more than a single sheet of braille paper) or a computer program. I
> like the idea of a computer program, but I have not found anything fully
> accessible to a screenreader/braille display.
>
> Please forward this message to anyone/list that you think may be able to
> help. I appreciate any and all suggestions.
>
> Cindy
>
>
>
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