Maps of the Imagination: The Writer as Cartographer by Peter Turchi (PDF)

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Maps of the Imagination takes us on a magic carpet ride over terrain both familiar and exotic. Using the map as a metaphor, fiction writer Peter Turchi considers writing as a combination of exploration and presentation, all the while serving as an erudite and charming guide. He compares the way a writer leads a reader though the imaginary world of a story, novel, or poem to the way a mapmaker charts the physical world. “To ask for a map,” says Turchi, “is to say, ‘Tell me a story.’ “With intelligence and wit, the author looks at how mapmakers and writers deal with blank space and the blank page; the conventions they use or consciously disregard; the role of geometry in maps and the parallel role of form in writing; how both maps and writing serve to re-create an individual’s view of the world; and the artist’s delicate balance of intuition with intention.A unique combination of history, critical cartography, personal essay, and practical guide to writing, Maps of the Imagination is a book for writers, for readers, and for anyone interested in creativity. Colorful illustrations and Turchi’s insightful observations make his book both beautiful and a joy to read.

User’s Reviews

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⭐This book defies genre. It is an examination of the correlation between writers and map-makers. If you love maps, and want to incorporate some of that passion into your writing, this is the book for you. I find myself coming back to it frequently, like a reference book on how to write the sort of story I’d like to read.Especially interesting is the portion of the book devoted to the empty spaces on maps.I can’t resist Turchi’s wonderful phrases, such as: “…a blank on a map becomes a symbol of rigorous standards; the presence of absences lent authority to all on the map that was unblank.”Brilliant.It will take you on a journey. And the book is lovely to look at and hold.

⭐Very interesting book. The author is much more thoughtful than most. I read it when prompted by another book’s author, and am very glad I did. My background is engineering, and this gave me a whole new appreciation for the writing process, as well as the possibilities and problems faced by authors. If I had to describe it in one word, that word would be “insightful”.

⭐I received my book today, and it was in better shape than described. I am extremely pleased with the book and service. Thanks.

⭐Love having this out on the coffee table picking it up whenever just to get the creative thought process going. After which it seldom stops. Always had a fascination with maps and loved to romanticize travel to exotic or unknown places whether in real life or only imagined.

⭐I strongly recommend this book to anyone who likes to get lost in the thick forest of words, beautifully arranged by the author, to take you through uncharted territories. You’ll be introduced to a magic world where maps, stories, life and time are blended into a mind galaxy. Peter Turchi is a gifted writer, full of wit, imagination and knowledge. More than a book, it’s a journey into text and its endless possibilities. Don’t miss it!

⭐interesting perspective on creativity. gave me some good ideas and approaches to writing.

⭐The writing is lovely and the content is odd and graceful and potent all at the same time. I love also the way this book was made: thick pages, beautiful map illustrations. I find myself going back and back and back to passages I’ve underlined. I don’t read many books about or on writing. This one is pure gift.

⭐Mr. Turchi is a well-respected academic and writer, so I simply don’t understand how he came up with this book. He becomes so entangled in his metaphor of mapping that he hardly speaks to the craft of writing at all, and when he does, he’s poorly focused and incomplete. The valuable information for a writer could be compacted into a chapter. I don’t recommend this to anyone who is working to improve their writing.

⭐Really interesting and insightful take on how we create fictive worlds – does what it says on the cover – analyses the writer as cartographer. Oh, and well written too.

⭐great

⭐It is an interesting read for the writer and potential writer. Without being too scholarly, it explorers the writer’s craft and enlightens the reader.

⭐This is a superb and thought provoking book. There is so much in it. It does exactly what the title says. I recommend this book if you are interested in writing, creativity and the way in which the mind works. I found it utterly compelling.

⭐Delightful, sumptious discourse on the nature and meaning of creativity and the heuristic vale of maps.For anyone who reads a lot about creativity this book is a real pleasure, wonderfully crafted and illustrated

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