R&S! Presents: Tarot for Writers: Character Magic w/ S Maxfield

Tarot for Writers: Character Magic

Are you struggling with a clear arc for your main character? Have you written a side character that feels too one-dimensional? Are you looking for more depth and texture for a character you know well? All of these writerly challenges and more can be transformed through Tarot! In this 90-minute Zoomie, Tarot reader and writer S Maxfield will introduce the Tarot as a tool for unlocking our intuitive senses, leading to freer creativity and a fresh approach when feeling stuck. Participants are encouraged to join the session with a particular character in mind, as we will use some of them as samples for the workshop. You will leave this workshop with a “spread” (format for placing the cards), insight on using the Tarot for writing, and recommendations for free tools to learn more. Let’s make some magic!

S Maxfield is a genderqueer, bi+, and disabled writer, with roots in dance and theater. S/he is on the faculty of Chris Tebbetts’s Theater Camp for Writers and has a short story featured in the anthology WE MOSTLY COME OUT AT NIGHT (Running Press 2024). Maxfield’s flash fiction has been published by Black Fox Literary Magazine, Open OK State, Voyage YA/Uncharted, and WinC Magazine, and their debut comics collection ASSORTED SWEETS sold out at the legendary NYC comic shop Forbidden Planet, after successfully funding through Kickstarter. S grew up in a log cabin, but has spent the past two decades in NYC (Lenapehoking), where s/he currently reads Tarot—and far too many books for the tiny apartment they share with an equally bibliophilic family. Learn more about S here!

Host or Publisher R(ev)ise and Shine!