Into the Map Workshop

I am presenting Into the Map, a writing workshop, tomorrow in the village of Laguepie 82250 France at Tresors du Viaur, Tuesday 23 July 10.30am-12.30pm.

Robert Louis Stevenson tells us that ‘even when a map is not all the plot … it will be found to be a mine of suggestion.’

We will be looking at how studying maps and plans, researching local history, and treading the ground of your setting can help you develop a story. Certain scenes and events can happen because of the layout of a place, because you can imagine moving through that place with your characters. 

Peter Turchi (2004) Maps of the Imagination: The Writer as Cartographer, San Antonio, Texas: Trinity University Press is a key resource, and see:

Tracey Warr (2016) ‘The Lure of Another Place and Time: The Landscape and History of France’, Historical Novels Review, February, 75. Available at: https://historicalnovelsociety.org/the-lure-of-another-place-time-the-landscape-history-of-france/.

Contact traceykwarr@gmail.com if you would like to join the workshop. Cost: 10 euros.