The Sceptic's Tarot

  Do you use tarot cards for inspiration for creative writing? Here are a few ideas:

• Remember the backwards story? You draw a card first for the ending, then one for the middle, and then one for the beginning.
• Draw a card and tell the beginning of the story. Draw a second card for the end. What happens in between?
• Draw one card: if this were the middle of the story, how does the story begin? And how does it end?
• Draw two cards, one for a character and one for the story's beginning. How does the character drive the story? Now reverse the cards and reread them: for "What is my character's weakness?" and "How does this affect the story?"
• Choose from the elements below and draw a card for each:
  • the beginning of it all
  • a need
  • a reason
  • a challenge
  • a warning
  • a prediction
  • a disaster
  • an important person
  • an ending

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