Mapping without Seeing

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Step 5. Hills.
You're going to follow roughly the same steps for hills as you did for mountains; the only difference is placement. Place some hills at the edges of mountains, and especially at the "ends" of ranges – these are the remnants of the range that never grew all that tall to begin with and have eroded. Your hills are both the transition from flat areas to mountainous areas, and high places in otherwise flat areas. Any non-swampy peninsulas that don't have mountains should have at least a hill or two.

Look at your inspiration map and note how hills differ from mountains. They're probably lower, and more rounded. Sometimes the shading is different as well. Make your mental instructions, practice some, and then put away your inspiration map. Draw your hills in according to your mental instructions and the rules above.