Susanna here.
I credit Dame Agatha Christie for inspiring one of my more obsessive writerly habits: the drawing of floor plans.
I think I own every book Agatha Christie wrote, and I loved when she put in the floor plans of houses to show us what rooms were where, and how impossible it was for anyone to have committed the murder in question.
My own stories didn’t really call for such elaborate measures, but the more I wrote the more I saw the advantage of using a floor plan as a writing tool. As clearly as I saw some scenes and settings in my mind, I could get turned around sometimes, so I got into the habit of sketching out rough plans of houses my characters lived in. Just a few lines on a page, really, so I didn’t have someone walking into a cupboard when they were supposed to be in the kitchen.
In the photo at the bottom of this post you can see, underneath the plans for my current book's house, the very rough floor plan of Greywethers I drew when I started work on Mariana, back in 1990.
I’ve done this for all my books since. Like my maps, these are just for myself, to refer to while writing (although I included a floor plan in Season of Storms, because that house was like an insane warren, and I knew readers would have a hard time keeping track of the rooms).
Nearly all the houses that I’ve set my books in have actually existed. Sometimes, as in the case of “Crofton Hall” in Mariana—Avebury Manor in real life—the floor plans already exist, and a very nice person at the National Trust will send them to you. And sometimes you have to create them.
Either way, I begin with photographs. If I can get inside, I sketch the layout of the rooms, keeping in mind I may have to change things around a bit for my own story. If I can't get inside, I do an internet hunt for similar houses of the period and look for floor plans, then cobble those together to make my own.
I’ve done a bit of both for the floor plan on the left, which is for the new book I’m now working on: Bellewether. The house I’m using for this book is based on Raynham Hall, a museum on Long Island, and after visiting the house and taking photographs and notes, I went online to search for other saltbox houses of the period to find out how to put the central chimney stack where it would be (Raynham Hall lost its chimney to a Victorian makeover, which also rearranged the entrance hall).
The result is a floor plan that perfectly fits what I need for my story. Not only does it give me a visual reference for the movements of my characters, but it shows me where the windows are and when the sun comes in, and what view would be.
If nothing else, my floor plans give me something I can work on when the words are slow in coming, so I can fool myself into thinking I’m being productive.
What’s your opinion of floor plans in novels? Do you find them helpful or distracting? Do you have a favourite floor plan from a book you've read (or written)?
I like floor plans in novels. I use them myself when writing – I have to be able to walk from room to room in my head. Like yours, my fictional houses are a mixture of real ones tweaked to suit my purpose.
I also draw table plans of important meals, first working out who should sit beside whom according to the rules of precedence, then seeing how this allows my main characters to interact while at table.
I like floor plans in novels. I use them myself when writing – I have to be able to walk from room to room in my head. Like yours, my fictional houses are a mixture of real ones tweaked to suit my purpose.
I also draw table plans of important meals, first working out who should sit beside whom according to the rules of precedence, then seeing how this allows my main characters to interact while at table.
I like floor plans in novels. I use them myself when writing – I have to be able to walk from room to room in my head. Like yours, my fictional houses are a mixture of real ones tweaked to suit my purpose.
I also draw table plans of important meals, first working out who should sit beside whom according to the rules of precedence, then seeing how this allows my main characters to interact while at table.
I like floor plans in novels. I use them myself when writing – I have to be able to walk from room to room in my head. Like yours, my fictional houses are a mixture of real ones tweaked to suit my purpose.
I also draw table plans of important meals, first working out who should sit beside whom according to the rules of precedence, then seeing how this allows my main characters to interact while at table.
I like floor plans in novels. I use them myself when writing – I have to be able to walk from room to room in my head. Like yours, my fictional houses are a mixture of real ones tweaked to suit my purpose.
I also draw table plans of important meals, first working out who should sit beside whom according to the rules of precedence, then seeing how this allows my main characters to interact while at table.
Glad to know I’m not the only crazy person who does that. I not only draw out the plans, I render them and share them with my readers on my wesite and social media. (That is also probably because of my love of design) It’s such a helpful tool for me when I write. Thanks for sharing 🙂
Glad to know I’m not the only crazy person who does that. I not only draw out the plans, I render them and share them with my readers on my wesite and social media. (That is also probably because of my love of design) It’s such a helpful tool for me when I write. Thanks for sharing 🙂
Glad to know I’m not the only crazy person who does that. I not only draw out the plans, I render them and share them with my readers on my wesite and social media. (That is also probably because of my love of design) It’s such a helpful tool for me when I write. Thanks for sharing 🙂
Glad to know I’m not the only crazy person who does that. I not only draw out the plans, I render them and share them with my readers on my wesite and social media. (That is also probably because of my love of design) It’s such a helpful tool for me when I write. Thanks for sharing 🙂
Glad to know I’m not the only crazy person who does that. I not only draw out the plans, I render them and share them with my readers on my wesite and social media. (That is also probably because of my love of design) It’s such a helpful tool for me when I write. Thanks for sharing 🙂
Catherine, I love the idea of the seating plans for meals!
Especially formal meals, where rules of precedence apply.
Most of my own characters end up sharing many meals throughout the novel, and while their seating is usually less formal, it’s still tricky to keep track of where everyone is sitting, and have them interacting in the right way.
I may just try your method 🙂
Catherine, I love the idea of the seating plans for meals!
Especially formal meals, where rules of precedence apply.
Most of my own characters end up sharing many meals throughout the novel, and while their seating is usually less formal, it’s still tricky to keep track of where everyone is sitting, and have them interacting in the right way.
I may just try your method 🙂
Catherine, I love the idea of the seating plans for meals!
Especially formal meals, where rules of precedence apply.
Most of my own characters end up sharing many meals throughout the novel, and while their seating is usually less formal, it’s still tricky to keep track of where everyone is sitting, and have them interacting in the right way.
I may just try your method 🙂
Catherine, I love the idea of the seating plans for meals!
Especially formal meals, where rules of precedence apply.
Most of my own characters end up sharing many meals throughout the novel, and while their seating is usually less formal, it’s still tricky to keep track of where everyone is sitting, and have them interacting in the right way.
I may just try your method 🙂
Catherine, I love the idea of the seating plans for meals!
Especially formal meals, where rules of precedence apply.
Most of my own characters end up sharing many meals throughout the novel, and while their seating is usually less formal, it’s still tricky to keep track of where everyone is sitting, and have them interacting in the right way.
I may just try your method 🙂
Rebecca, I love design, too, and enjoy all the “busy work” of producing the floor plans.
I find it really calming.
Rebecca, I love design, too, and enjoy all the “busy work” of producing the floor plans.
I find it really calming.
Rebecca, I love design, too, and enjoy all the “busy work” of producing the floor plans.
I find it really calming.
Rebecca, I love design, too, and enjoy all the “busy work” of producing the floor plans.
I find it really calming.
Rebecca, I love design, too, and enjoy all the “busy work” of producing the floor plans.
I find it really calming.
Susanna, do you do it all by hand? Or do you have a program you use for it?
Susanna, do you do it all by hand? Or do you have a program you use for it?
Susanna, do you do it all by hand? Or do you have a program you use for it?
Susanna, do you do it all by hand? Or do you have a program you use for it?
Susanna, do you do it all by hand? Or do you have a program you use for it?
I loved the original post you did on this some time back. I think it is the coolest thing that you create a floor plan to map the movements of your characters. They are so real to us because you take that extra step. Also love how the Bellewether plans look like architectural floor plans vs. something off the draft table. LOL
I loved the original post you did on this some time back. I think it is the coolest thing that you create a floor plan to map the movements of your characters. They are so real to us because you take that extra step. Also love how the Bellewether plans look like architectural floor plans vs. something off the draft table. LOL
I loved the original post you did on this some time back. I think it is the coolest thing that you create a floor plan to map the movements of your characters. They are so real to us because you take that extra step. Also love how the Bellewether plans look like architectural floor plans vs. something off the draft table. LOL
I loved the original post you did on this some time back. I think it is the coolest thing that you create a floor plan to map the movements of your characters. They are so real to us because you take that extra step. Also love how the Bellewether plans look like architectural floor plans vs. something off the draft table. LOL
I loved the original post you did on this some time back. I think it is the coolest thing that you create a floor plan to map the movements of your characters. They are so real to us because you take that extra step. Also love how the Bellewether plans look like architectural floor plans vs. something off the draft table. LOL
Susanna, I am so glad I am not the only one who does this. I am constantly on the hunt for floor plans for stately homes as I want to make mine as real as possible. I am amassing quite a collection of guidebooks for stately homes as most of them have floor plans in them.
I also create a story bible for my books and in addition to floor plans I include photographs of the different rooms. I troll the internet for photos of rooms with period correct furniture. I may not include all of the rooms but if it is room where a great deal of the action takes place I like to have an image in my head.
Now, I am not nearly so talented as you. I would not dare attempt to draw my own floor plans. My spatial acumen is not for the faint of heart.
Susanna, I am so glad I am not the only one who does this. I am constantly on the hunt for floor plans for stately homes as I want to make mine as real as possible. I am amassing quite a collection of guidebooks for stately homes as most of them have floor plans in them.
I also create a story bible for my books and in addition to floor plans I include photographs of the different rooms. I troll the internet for photos of rooms with period correct furniture. I may not include all of the rooms but if it is room where a great deal of the action takes place I like to have an image in my head.
Now, I am not nearly so talented as you. I would not dare attempt to draw my own floor plans. My spatial acumen is not for the faint of heart.
Susanna, I am so glad I am not the only one who does this. I am constantly on the hunt for floor plans for stately homes as I want to make mine as real as possible. I am amassing quite a collection of guidebooks for stately homes as most of them have floor plans in them.
I also create a story bible for my books and in addition to floor plans I include photographs of the different rooms. I troll the internet for photos of rooms with period correct furniture. I may not include all of the rooms but if it is room where a great deal of the action takes place I like to have an image in my head.
Now, I am not nearly so talented as you. I would not dare attempt to draw my own floor plans. My spatial acumen is not for the faint of heart.
Susanna, I am so glad I am not the only one who does this. I am constantly on the hunt for floor plans for stately homes as I want to make mine as real as possible. I am amassing quite a collection of guidebooks for stately homes as most of them have floor plans in them.
I also create a story bible for my books and in addition to floor plans I include photographs of the different rooms. I troll the internet for photos of rooms with period correct furniture. I may not include all of the rooms but if it is room where a great deal of the action takes place I like to have an image in my head.
Now, I am not nearly so talented as you. I would not dare attempt to draw my own floor plans. My spatial acumen is not for the faint of heart.
Susanna, I am so glad I am not the only one who does this. I am constantly on the hunt for floor plans for stately homes as I want to make mine as real as possible. I am amassing quite a collection of guidebooks for stately homes as most of them have floor plans in them.
I also create a story bible for my books and in addition to floor plans I include photographs of the different rooms. I troll the internet for photos of rooms with period correct furniture. I may not include all of the rooms but if it is room where a great deal of the action takes place I like to have an image in my head.
Now, I am not nearly so talented as you. I would not dare attempt to draw my own floor plans. My spatial acumen is not for the faint of heart.
Susanna, this is one of my favorite posts ever on the Word Wenches. So glad to have you aboard!
I remember once reading a writer’s way of overcoming word block. Her example was being stuck at the point a character was going down the stairs, but she couldn’t ‘see’ what came next. So she sent the character up the stairs instead—and the story took off again. The writer must have had a pretty good idea of what was at the top of those stairs, even if just subconsciously. Nothing beats the clarity of a good plan, floor or otherwise.
Susanna, this is one of my favorite posts ever on the Word Wenches. So glad to have you aboard!
I remember once reading a writer’s way of overcoming word block. Her example was being stuck at the point a character was going down the stairs, but she couldn’t ‘see’ what came next. So she sent the character up the stairs instead—and the story took off again. The writer must have had a pretty good idea of what was at the top of those stairs, even if just subconsciously. Nothing beats the clarity of a good plan, floor or otherwise.
Susanna, this is one of my favorite posts ever on the Word Wenches. So glad to have you aboard!
I remember once reading a writer’s way of overcoming word block. Her example was being stuck at the point a character was going down the stairs, but she couldn’t ‘see’ what came next. So she sent the character up the stairs instead—and the story took off again. The writer must have had a pretty good idea of what was at the top of those stairs, even if just subconsciously. Nothing beats the clarity of a good plan, floor or otherwise.
Susanna, this is one of my favorite posts ever on the Word Wenches. So glad to have you aboard!
I remember once reading a writer’s way of overcoming word block. Her example was being stuck at the point a character was going down the stairs, but she couldn’t ‘see’ what came next. So she sent the character up the stairs instead—and the story took off again. The writer must have had a pretty good idea of what was at the top of those stairs, even if just subconsciously. Nothing beats the clarity of a good plan, floor or otherwise.
Susanna, this is one of my favorite posts ever on the Word Wenches. So glad to have you aboard!
I remember once reading a writer’s way of overcoming word block. Her example was being stuck at the point a character was going down the stairs, but she couldn’t ‘see’ what came next. So she sent the character up the stairs instead—and the story took off again. The writer must have had a pretty good idea of what was at the top of those stairs, even if just subconsciously. Nothing beats the clarity of a good plan, floor or otherwise.
Hiya, Dean!
Hope you’re well? And yep, I do it all by hand, though I’m sure there are a hundred software programs out there that could do it better and more easily (SmartDraw has a house plan program, I think).
Hiya, Dean!
Hope you’re well? And yep, I do it all by hand, though I’m sure there are a hundred software programs out there that could do it better and more easily (SmartDraw has a house plan program, I think).
Hiya, Dean!
Hope you’re well? And yep, I do it all by hand, though I’m sure there are a hundred software programs out there that could do it better and more easily (SmartDraw has a house plan program, I think).
Hiya, Dean!
Hope you’re well? And yep, I do it all by hand, though I’m sure there are a hundred software programs out there that could do it better and more easily (SmartDraw has a house plan program, I think).
Hiya, Dean!
Hope you’re well? And yep, I do it all by hand, though I’m sure there are a hundred software programs out there that could do it better and more easily (SmartDraw has a house plan program, I think).
Thanks, Stephanie. I’m an engineer’s daughter, so I’m sure that’s where I get my love of levels and straight-edges 🙂
And I did take a little more care with the Bellewether ones, to be honest, in case I decided to include them in the finished book (the house, being two houses combined, is a little complicated, and I don’t want readers having to stop mid-description to try to visualize something).
Thanks, Stephanie. I’m an engineer’s daughter, so I’m sure that’s where I get my love of levels and straight-edges 🙂
And I did take a little more care with the Bellewether ones, to be honest, in case I decided to include them in the finished book (the house, being two houses combined, is a little complicated, and I don’t want readers having to stop mid-description to try to visualize something).
Thanks, Stephanie. I’m an engineer’s daughter, so I’m sure that’s where I get my love of levels and straight-edges 🙂
And I did take a little more care with the Bellewether ones, to be honest, in case I decided to include them in the finished book (the house, being two houses combined, is a little complicated, and I don’t want readers having to stop mid-description to try to visualize something).
Thanks, Stephanie. I’m an engineer’s daughter, so I’m sure that’s where I get my love of levels and straight-edges 🙂
And I did take a little more care with the Bellewether ones, to be honest, in case I decided to include them in the finished book (the house, being two houses combined, is a little complicated, and I don’t want readers having to stop mid-description to try to visualize something).
Thanks, Stephanie. I’m an engineer’s daughter, so I’m sure that’s where I get my love of levels and straight-edges 🙂
And I did take a little more care with the Bellewether ones, to be honest, in case I decided to include them in the finished book (the house, being two houses combined, is a little complicated, and I don’t want readers having to stop mid-description to try to visualize something).
Louisa, you’re definitely not the only one 🙂
And like you, I find it’s important for my process to have a complete image of the room in my own mind, even if I’m only showing the reader one small corner of it in my descriptions.
Louisa, you’re definitely not the only one 🙂
And like you, I find it’s important for my process to have a complete image of the room in my own mind, even if I’m only showing the reader one small corner of it in my descriptions.
Louisa, you’re definitely not the only one 🙂
And like you, I find it’s important for my process to have a complete image of the room in my own mind, even if I’m only showing the reader one small corner of it in my descriptions.
Louisa, you’re definitely not the only one 🙂
And like you, I find it’s important for my process to have a complete image of the room in my own mind, even if I’m only showing the reader one small corner of it in my descriptions.
Louisa, you’re definitely not the only one 🙂
And like you, I find it’s important for my process to have a complete image of the room in my own mind, even if I’m only showing the reader one small corner of it in my descriptions.
Aw, thank you, Mary. I’m so very happy to BE aboard, believe me. And happy, too, that you enjoyed the post.
I’ll have to remember that trick of turning a character around and sending them in the opposite direction if I ever get stuck 🙂
Aw, thank you, Mary. I’m so very happy to BE aboard, believe me. And happy, too, that you enjoyed the post.
I’ll have to remember that trick of turning a character around and sending them in the opposite direction if I ever get stuck 🙂
Aw, thank you, Mary. I’m so very happy to BE aboard, believe me. And happy, too, that you enjoyed the post.
I’ll have to remember that trick of turning a character around and sending them in the opposite direction if I ever get stuck 🙂
Aw, thank you, Mary. I’m so very happy to BE aboard, believe me. And happy, too, that you enjoyed the post.
I’ll have to remember that trick of turning a character around and sending them in the opposite direction if I ever get stuck 🙂
Aw, thank you, Mary. I’m so very happy to BE aboard, believe me. And happy, too, that you enjoyed the post.
I’ll have to remember that trick of turning a character around and sending them in the opposite direction if I ever get stuck 🙂
I don’t remember ever seeing a floor plan in a novel – but I do like any kind of picture or chart that helps me get acclimated to the story.
I don’t remember ever seeing a floor plan in a novel – but I do like any kind of picture or chart that helps me get acclimated to the story.
I don’t remember ever seeing a floor plan in a novel – but I do like any kind of picture or chart that helps me get acclimated to the story.
I don’t remember ever seeing a floor plan in a novel – but I do like any kind of picture or chart that helps me get acclimated to the story.
I don’t remember ever seeing a floor plan in a novel – but I do like any kind of picture or chart that helps me get acclimated to the story.
And here, I thought I was the only one who had to have a floor plan before writing. Love this!
And here, I thought I was the only one who had to have a floor plan before writing. Love this!
And here, I thought I was the only one who had to have a floor plan before writing. Love this!
And here, I thought I was the only one who had to have a floor plan before writing. Love this!
And here, I thought I was the only one who had to have a floor plan before writing. Love this!
I often sketch maps, floor plans and family trees (I did one for War and Peace in 9th grade then discovered the one at the end of the book — mine was pretty accurate). My husband is a novelist and while I was beta reading his latest I couldn’t get my mind in the scene. He drew me a map, I said why I was confused and he clarified his text. Sometimes a picture really is a 1000 words “)
I often sketch maps, floor plans and family trees (I did one for War and Peace in 9th grade then discovered the one at the end of the book — mine was pretty accurate). My husband is a novelist and while I was beta reading his latest I couldn’t get my mind in the scene. He drew me a map, I said why I was confused and he clarified his text. Sometimes a picture really is a 1000 words “)
I often sketch maps, floor plans and family trees (I did one for War and Peace in 9th grade then discovered the one at the end of the book — mine was pretty accurate). My husband is a novelist and while I was beta reading his latest I couldn’t get my mind in the scene. He drew me a map, I said why I was confused and he clarified his text. Sometimes a picture really is a 1000 words “)
I often sketch maps, floor plans and family trees (I did one for War and Peace in 9th grade then discovered the one at the end of the book — mine was pretty accurate). My husband is a novelist and while I was beta reading his latest I couldn’t get my mind in the scene. He drew me a map, I said why I was confused and he clarified his text. Sometimes a picture really is a 1000 words “)
I often sketch maps, floor plans and family trees (I did one for War and Peace in 9th grade then discovered the one at the end of the book — mine was pretty accurate). My husband is a novelist and while I was beta reading his latest I couldn’t get my mind in the scene. He drew me a map, I said why I was confused and he clarified his text. Sometimes a picture really is a 1000 words “)
As a reader I love floor plans,garden and estate maps, family trees, footnotes (yes, even in novels), extensive afterwards with historical background. If they are not in the book I construct my own
So thank you to authors and publishers who use them
As a reader I love floor plans,garden and estate maps, family trees, footnotes (yes, even in novels), extensive afterwards with historical background. If they are not in the book I construct my own
So thank you to authors and publishers who use them
As a reader I love floor plans,garden and estate maps, family trees, footnotes (yes, even in novels), extensive afterwards with historical background. If they are not in the book I construct my own
So thank you to authors and publishers who use them
As a reader I love floor plans,garden and estate maps, family trees, footnotes (yes, even in novels), extensive afterwards with historical background. If they are not in the book I construct my own
So thank you to authors and publishers who use them
As a reader I love floor plans,garden and estate maps, family trees, footnotes (yes, even in novels), extensive afterwards with historical background. If they are not in the book I construct my own
So thank you to authors and publishers who use them
I enjoy them when they are printed and don’t miss them if they don’t show up. After reading the comments I’m surprised at how many writers are agreeing with you on using this method. I hadn’t realized how important to authors this planning was.
A hearty thank you to all authors who work so hard to make my reading more fun.
I enjoy them when they are printed and don’t miss them if they don’t show up. After reading the comments I’m surprised at how many writers are agreeing with you on using this method. I hadn’t realized how important to authors this planning was.
A hearty thank you to all authors who work so hard to make my reading more fun.
I enjoy them when they are printed and don’t miss them if they don’t show up. After reading the comments I’m surprised at how many writers are agreeing with you on using this method. I hadn’t realized how important to authors this planning was.
A hearty thank you to all authors who work so hard to make my reading more fun.
I enjoy them when they are printed and don’t miss them if they don’t show up. After reading the comments I’m surprised at how many writers are agreeing with you on using this method. I hadn’t realized how important to authors this planning was.
A hearty thank you to all authors who work so hard to make my reading more fun.
I enjoy them when they are printed and don’t miss them if they don’t show up. After reading the comments I’m surprised at how many writers are agreeing with you on using this method. I hadn’t realized how important to authors this planning was.
A hearty thank you to all authors who work so hard to make my reading more fun.
I remember classic era mysteries which would have a list of characters in the front, as well as the floor plans of the old manor house where everybody was being offed by the mad bastard son or whoever. Mysteries are so plot-heavy (and often short on characterization) that it did really help me to keep things straight.
I also appreciate a note from the author at the end of the book talking about points of interest and whatever artistic license she may have taken with history.
I remember classic era mysteries which would have a list of characters in the front, as well as the floor plans of the old manor house where everybody was being offed by the mad bastard son or whoever. Mysteries are so plot-heavy (and often short on characterization) that it did really help me to keep things straight.
I also appreciate a note from the author at the end of the book talking about points of interest and whatever artistic license she may have taken with history.
I remember classic era mysteries which would have a list of characters in the front, as well as the floor plans of the old manor house where everybody was being offed by the mad bastard son or whoever. Mysteries are so plot-heavy (and often short on characterization) that it did really help me to keep things straight.
I also appreciate a note from the author at the end of the book talking about points of interest and whatever artistic license she may have taken with history.
I remember classic era mysteries which would have a list of characters in the front, as well as the floor plans of the old manor house where everybody was being offed by the mad bastard son or whoever. Mysteries are so plot-heavy (and often short on characterization) that it did really help me to keep things straight.
I also appreciate a note from the author at the end of the book talking about points of interest and whatever artistic license she may have taken with history.
I remember classic era mysteries which would have a list of characters in the front, as well as the floor plans of the old manor house where everybody was being offed by the mad bastard son or whoever. Mysteries are so plot-heavy (and often short on characterization) that it did really help me to keep things straight.
I also appreciate a note from the author at the end of the book talking about points of interest and whatever artistic license she may have taken with history.
Oh, floor plans are so useful! My mother, who likes old books as much as I do, just dug out her collection of vintage architecture books for me, and there’re a whole lot of floor plans for old stately homes in them.
I don’t know how people can write scenes without them… I’d get so confused.
Oh, floor plans are so useful! My mother, who likes old books as much as I do, just dug out her collection of vintage architecture books for me, and there’re a whole lot of floor plans for old stately homes in them.
I don’t know how people can write scenes without them… I’d get so confused.
Oh, floor plans are so useful! My mother, who likes old books as much as I do, just dug out her collection of vintage architecture books for me, and there’re a whole lot of floor plans for old stately homes in them.
I don’t know how people can write scenes without them… I’d get so confused.
Oh, floor plans are so useful! My mother, who likes old books as much as I do, just dug out her collection of vintage architecture books for me, and there’re a whole lot of floor plans for old stately homes in them.
I don’t know how people can write scenes without them… I’d get so confused.
Oh, floor plans are so useful! My mother, who likes old books as much as I do, just dug out her collection of vintage architecture books for me, and there’re a whole lot of floor plans for old stately homes in them.
I don’t know how people can write scenes without them… I’d get so confused.
Floor plans are OK, but I really love maps that show the whole estate or town or neighborhood where the action takes place.
Floor plans are OK, but I really love maps that show the whole estate or town or neighborhood where the action takes place.
Floor plans are OK, but I really love maps that show the whole estate or town or neighborhood where the action takes place.
Floor plans are OK, but I really love maps that show the whole estate or town or neighborhood where the action takes place.
Floor plans are OK, but I really love maps that show the whole estate or town or neighborhood where the action takes place.