How to Map An Imaginary World (for writers)

I don't normally write books that have a physical imaginary world, mostly just in my head, but I love this idea from Melissa Taylor:

Perhaps start with a map of your own yard or town, but pepper it with magic trees, secret tunnels, fairy castles, and tongue-twisting words for ordinary places.Make a list of all the things one might find on a map, and see how many you can fit in:Mountains and hillsRivers, waterfalls, swamps, lakes, and oceansCavesCities and villagesForestsFarmlandRoadsHaunted housesTree housesCountries with strange namesSecret entrances to underground citiesBridges with trolls under themCastlesFortsRobot factoriesHarbors with shipsBuried giantsMonsters’ lairs. . . .

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~ Kells 
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