118: Jaywalker – Maps, Worldbuilding, & Accidental Giant Trees

Have you ever broken the law? Well, you probably have. Actually, I'm not even sure jaywalking is illegal anymore. But! Even if you haven't broken the law in real life, have you ever had characters in your stories cross a road they weren't supposed to cross?Somehow we started with mulled wine and ended up talking about how worldbuilding accidents turn into entire plotlines and why Asgar’s map generator is both a blessing and a dangerous timesink. And about Giant Trees.We read stories inspired by Jaywalker, which felt oddly personal.If you get inspired, and even if you don't, maybe write a story yourself, and read it out loud to a fellow living, breathing human being. Like this weeks episode and wish you could read as well as listen? Subscribe to our Substack for a summary of our opening discussion, a story from the episode, and a writing prompt!  Be sure to follow us on Instagram (if that's your sort of thing). Please do send us an email with your story if you write along, which we hope you will do. Episodes of Radio FreeWrite are protected by a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-ND 4.0) license. All Stories remain the property of their respective authors.