WRITING EXERCISE

This speculative novel explores an alternate future beginning with the election of a new president in 2024.

Julia Armfield's novel, Our Wives Under the Sea, is a shorter read that stays with you.

Teneice Durrant, creator of Tarot with Ten, will use various tarot and oracle decks to provide monthly readings for writers, with exercises on using imagery and intuition as prompts. October’s prompt guides you to create a story to explain or invent a Halloween tradition.

 

Surely there’s no better time to use tarot cards for a writing prompt than when the veil between worlds is the thinnest!

This month's prompt is about using the imagery and symbolism of tarot to develop a scene about the “black sheep” of a family.

Try an exercise to develop both scene and summary and connect past with present and future.

Who or what could make you risk it all?

Sequoia Nagamatsu's How High We Go In the Dark, is an exploration of hope when humanity uncovers an ancient virus that threatens its existence.

April’s prompt is about developing a person vs. nature conflict.

Tomb Sweeping is a collection of 15 character-driven short stories about Chinese or Chinese-American characters written by Alexandra Chang.

Teneice Durrant, creator of Tarot with Ten, will use various tarot and oracle decks to provide monthly readings for writers, with exercises on using imagery and intuition as prompts. March’s prompt is about developing a person v. self conflict.