Download or read book Tarot for Writers written by Corrine Kenner and published by Llewellyn Worldwide. This book was released on 2009 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Once reserved for mystics and seers, the tarot is one of the best tools for boosting your creativity and shifting your imagination into high gear. Famous authors such as John Steinbeck and Stephen King have used the tarot deck to tap into deep wells of inspiration, and you can enliven your own writing the same way--whether you craft short stories, novels, poetry, nonfiction, or even business proposals. This book on reading tarot cards and applying them to your writing will guide you through each stage of the creative process, from fleshing out a premise to promoting a finished work. Enhance your storytelling technique through over 500 enjoyable writing prompts, exploratory games for groups and individuals, tarot journaling, and other idea-stimulating activities that call upon the archetypal imagery and multi-layered symbolism in the tarot. Infuse flair and originality into your work as you learn to: Interpret symbols, myths, and learn to read all seventy-eight cards in the tarot card deck Use classic tarot layouts and spreads to structure your story Brainstorm story ideas and develop dialogue and plot Create detailed settings, powerful scenes, and dynamic characters Overcome writer's block and breathe new life into existing projects As a writer, you hold the power of creation in your hands. By exploring the tarot and incorporating it into your writing practice, you will set your creative potential soaring to new heights.
Download or read book The Creative Tarot written by Jessa Crispin and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-02-16 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guide for artists and creative people looking to tarot for guidance and inspiration. Written for novices and seasoned readers alike, "The Creative Tarot" is a unique guidebook that reimagines tarot cards and the ways they can boost the creative process.
Download or read book Tarot for the Fiction Writer written by Paula Scardamalia and published by Red Feather. This book was released on 2019-03-28 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Writing a novel is a wild, unpredictable--and oftentimes stormy--adventure. And sometimes you need a compass to guide you. Because story is inherent in Tarot's structure, it is an effective map and storytelling tool--whether you're writing a novel in progress or starting out on a brand-new endeavor. Now you can use Tarot myths, symbols, characters, settings, and innumerable combinations as a powerful, portable, and imaginative tool for story development, editing and revisions, publication, and promotion! Each card has a story to tell you and can help you map out your book. Discover how to hook your readers. Figure out what happens next. Find a unique twist in a scene. Deepen your characters' backgrounds. Create meaningful settings. Identify that "Black Moment." Is your novel going in the right direction? Grab your Tarot compass! The path to publication is just around the corner!
Download or read book Story Arcana written by Caroline Donahue and published by . This book was released on 2019-02-12 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sometimes, despite all our dreaming, outlining, and drive to write, the story grinds to a halt. Thankfully, there is another way to beat the critic and get back to writing progress in no time. By working with the tarot as the key to your unconscious, this guide will help you to break through to the deeper levels of your story.
Download or read book 1001 Tarot Spreads written by Cassandra Eason and published by Union Square & Co.. This book was released on 2021-07-06 with total page 1982 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With 1,001 spreads for every possible need, this guide—written by a master tarot reader and bestselling author—is the be-all and end-all sourcebook on tarot card layouts! People seeking to understand themselves and their destiny have long relied on tarot cards for divination. And while finding guidance may be as simple as drawing one card randomly from the deck, over the years many other layouts have been devised—from three-card past/present/future readings to more complicated layouts that use almost the entire deck. Bestselling author and master reader Cassandra Eason will guide you through this rich variety of spreads so you can get a more precise answer to your question. Address a lingering anxiety by laying down a 10-card Celtic Cross. Buying a house? About to undergo surgery? Confused by a flighty love interest? Look to this book for 1,001 different ways to draw and place cards that will give you clues about the future, context for the present, and insight into the past.
Download or read book Tarot Spreads For Writers written by Kate Krake and published by Inkwell & Elm. This book was released on 2023-07-29 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tarot Spreads for Writers is a comprehensive, practical guide to help you harness the power of the tarot to enhance your writing process, empower your imagination, deepen your storytelling, and bolster your author life. Whether you’re a seasoned novelist or a budding wordsmith, a fiction writer or nonfiction, this book is your key to unlocking a world of inspiration and self-discovery. Delve into spreads for character building, unravelling complex plotlines, and foster a profound connection between your stories and your own personal journey. Tarot Spreads For Writers contains: Over eighty meticulously designed tarot spreads designed to spark your creativity and enhance your writing process. Spreads tailored for both fiction and nonfiction. Writing tips accompanying select spreads, offering practical advice and inspiration to enrich your writing journey. Tools to deepen character development, allowing you to create multidimensional and relatable protagonists and antagonists. Innovative spreads to unravel the complexities of plot development, helping you craft compelling story arcs that keep readers hooked until the very last page. Strategies to explore and expand your author life, from finding your unique writing voice to overcoming creative blocks and self-doubt, crafting an author business plan, and more. Guidance on reading reversed cards, unlocking new layers of meaning and insight. Tips on interpreting the interconnectedness of cards within a spread, enabling you to uncover the profound wisdom hidden in their relationships. Advice on crafting your own tarot spreads for whatever themes you desire. Whether you’re seeking a fresh perspective, in need of a creative breakthrough, or simply looking to infuse your writing with an extra dose of magic, Tarot Spreads for Writers will be your invaluable companion on your journey to writing with tarot. (redirects to Payhip store)
Download or read book I ll Meet You There written by Heather Demetrios and published by Henry Holt and Company (BYR). This book was released on 2015-02-03 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If seventeen-year-old Skylar Evans were a typical Creek View girl, her future would involve a double-wide trailer, a baby on her hip, and the graveyard shift at Taco Bell. But after graduation, the only thing standing between straightedge Skylar and art school are three minimum-wage months of summer. Skylar can taste the freedom—that is, until her mother loses her job and everything starts coming apart. Torn between her dreams and the people she loves, Skylar realizes everything she's ever worked for is on the line. Nineteen-year-old Josh Mitchell had a different ticket out of Creek View: the Marines. But after his leg is blown off in Afghanistan, he returns home, a shell of the cocksure boy he used to be. What brings Skylar and Josh together is working at the Paradise—a quirky motel off California's dusty Highway 99. Despite their differences, their shared isolation turns into an unexpected friendship and soon, something deeper.
Download or read book Tarot Get the Whole Story written by James Ricklef and published by Llewellyn Worldwide. This book was released on 2004 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Creating original spreads is a rite of passage for many ambitious Tarot students. James Ricklef gives valuable lessons in doing just that-with advice for finding inspiration, defining positional meanings, and structuring a layout. Tarot: Get the Whole Story is also for those who want to peer over the shoulder of a Tarot master as he demonstrates a variety of new spreads. Readers will learn which spreads are best for relationship concerns, personal transformation, New Year's resolutions, life decisions, and more. Each chapter discusses a new spread with detailed explanations of positional meanings and dynamics between the cards. Also included are illustrations and entertaining sample readings featuring Clark Gable, Marie Antoinette, Hera, Don Juan, and other historical, literary, or mythological figures.
Download or read book Get Out of Your Own Way written by Mariëlle S. Smith and published by M.S. Wordsmith. This book was released on 2019-08-04 with total page 47 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get out of your own way and (re)connect to your intuition! Get Out of Your Own Way: A 31-Day Tarot Challenge for Writers and Other Creatives is the perfect tool to understand your creative process, and to help you tune in to your soul’s calling. Get Out of Your Own Way walks you through thirty-one days of questions that will help you unravel: * Your fears and desires around creativity * Your creative strengths * Your creative weaknesses, and how to transform these into strengths * How to become more accountable * Your limiting beliefs on creativity, and how to let them go Mariëlle S. Smith is a writer, editor, and writing coach. Together with photographer Andri Hadjipoly, she has created a beautiful journey that brings you all the insight you need. If you’re ready to become the creative you’ve always wanted to be, pick up your copy of Get Out of Your Own Way: A 31-Day Tarot Challenge for Writers and Other Creatives today. The Get Out of Your Own Way challenge can be done using any kind of divination system, whether tarot, oracle, or angel cards, crystals, runes, and so on.
Download or read book WTF is Tarot written by Bakara Wintner and published by . This book was released on 2017-10-10 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WTF Is Tarot is a fresh, accessible and sometimes cheeky guide to tarot. Author and tarot reader, Bakara Wintner, unpacks the magic of the cards with shamanic wisdom and girl boss wit, illuminating their meaning with thoughtful anecdotes and analogies that reveal how deeply rooted these symbols already are in our everyday lives.
Download or read book Complete Book of Tarot Spreads written by Evelin Burger and published by Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.. This book was released on 1997 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here you'll find 122 different layouts with information on when and how to use them. Start with personal day and year cards, and learn how to relate Tarot to your own interests, in order to find specific blind spots and personal resistances, as well as how to look for new chances and unexpected directions. Then you progress to the larger and theme cards, and learn to interpret networks of cards and also "to view every card as a world by itself." You'll become acquainted with the Cycle of the Year (with 20 major layouts) and with the practice of Tarot and astrology, using the respected Golden Dawn System developed by Arthur A. Waite and Alistair Crowley. Soon you'll appreciate the variety and creativity inherent in Tarot, to see the cards as a mirror of yourself, and to discover what the authors mean when they say that "being lucky has nothing to do with luck." 192 pages, 114 b/w illus., 6 x 9.
Download or read book Heart s Compass Tarot written by Tania Pryputniewicz and published by Two Fine Crows Books. This book was released on 2020-12-31 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How to use tarot journaling to discover your personal symbols, make your own cards, and inspire creative work..
Download or read book The Card Geek s Guide to Kipper Cards written by Toni Puhle and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-12-14 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Kipper Cards are a 36 Card fortune telling deck dating back to 19th Century Germany. Each card shows a situation in which the reader can find themselves and easily identify and interpret what the future holds. Kipper's predictive accuracy is hitting the world by storm, if you want to know your future - Kipper is your tool! Learn how to predict the future using techniques that have been passed down for over 200 years by generations of readers in Bavaria and be in awe of the accuracy in which you can predict actual events.
Download or read book Mapping the Hero s Journey With Tarot written by Arwen Lynch and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-06-08 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: TELL YOUR STORY Starting is easy. But finishing it? There is no one way to "the end" other than writing. Arwen Lynch will show you how you can use a pack of cards to get your story line arced and sparked! When she applied her knowledge of Tarot to the craft of writing, things took off. This book takes you through mapping your hero's journey in a down-to-earth way. There's no need for crystal balls and neon signs. FINISH YOUR BOOK The Hero's Journey is a tried-and-true method of building your story. Because the goal here is to activate your voice and to use your imagination, there is no need to memorize anything. The Tarot is your tool because you are your own boss. Let this book give you a secret weapon disguised as 78 cards. Vision boards can be created. Outlines defeated. Your own creative voice comes out loud and clear. - Learn How Mapping The Hero's Journey Works - Use Tarot In A Completely New Way - Finish Your Book
Download or read book The Goddess Tarot Workbook written by Kris Waldherr and published by U.S. Games Systems. This book was released on 2000 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kris Waldherr has done it again! "The Goddess Tarot Workbook is an essential companion tool to the popular Goddess Tarot deck. The workbook is a wonderful compilation that also includes custom spreads, and expands upon information introduced on each tarot card.
Download or read book Tarot Journaling written by Corrine Kenner and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A tarot journal can help you learn more about the cards, but it can also teach you a great deal about yourself. Beginning tarot students are advised to keep a tarot journal, and many experienced tarot readers are devoted to the practice. The only book of its kind, Tarot Journaling covers everything needed to create, keep, and preserve a personal tarot journal. Readers will discover hundreds of ideas to inspire and enliven their tarot journals, including considerations when choosing journaling materials, how to save time when recording readings, techniques for getting past writer's block, tips for turning negative energy into a positive brainstorming tool, and innovative ideas for protecting privacy. Tarot Journaling offers readers the tools to record and reflect upon the stories told by the cards-the stories of our lives.
Download or read book Creative Divination Read Tea Leaves and Develop Your Personal Code written by Tabitha Dial and published by . This book was released on 2018-03-24 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Creative Divination: Read Tea Leaves & Develop Your Personal Code is a workbook consisting of 79 tea reading exercises designed to stir your imagination, nourish your intuition, and unfold your understanding of perception and individual symbols.
