Setting, period & milieu · Working

Story map

Also called: world map

ELI5

A diagram or image showing relevant places, routes, distances or spatial relationships in a story world.

Used in conversation

“Let’s show the story map through behaviour and detail rather than only describing it.”

Pitch context

You may encounter “Story map” in character, world, genre & tone conversations or materials.

Why it matters: Helps describe who the project follows, where it lives and what kind of experience it promises.

Sources & evidence · 4

Supporting source families. This entry is an editorial synthesis rather than a quotation from one canonical glossary.