Eh... my style of mapping seems to be SEM in reverse. I put the dashes after the categories instead of before the metaphors. That's easily fixed, I suppose, if I wanted to be consistent.
Darlene spends my whole book being dead. She doesn't die at the beginning of the book, she doesn't die in the book at all. Not even the prologue. The book starts with Darlene dead and she stays that way. However, she's one of my favorite characters and some might even say she's a main character, since everything that happens happens because of/for her. So she got an essence map.
Body –
Hair –
Color –
Raven feathers
Shadows at night
A deep hole
Texture –
Silk
A new puppy
Build –
Slender –
Bamboo shoots
Willow wand
Delicate –
Snowflakes
Indoor plants
Eyes –
Sparkle –
Ripples on a pond
Stars in the morning
Depth –
An endless path
A thick forest
Color –
Doeskin
Seasoned wood
Dark honey
Spirit –
Free –
A river rushing to the ocean
An untamed horse
Unsullied/unbroken –
A perfect garden
A pond covered with lilypads
A field of flowers
Timid –
A startled doe
An uncertain lover
Fear/uncertain –
Gathering thunderclouds
Gentle –
Tender –
New lettuce plants
Spring time leaves
Caring –
A new mother
A gardener
Soul –
Honesty –
Open –
A large book
A still lake
Love –
Strength –
An old oak
Unchanging/unyielding –
A mountain range
Courage –
Lion
Mother hen facing a fox
Will –
Unstoppable –
A little child growing up
The tide
Persistent –
A child wanting candy
A boulder being worn away by water
Nice job!