Tarot & the Writing Path - Part 2

This workshop is designed to follow on from Part 1. If you haven’t yet done Part 1, check the Writers Workshop event schedule to sign up.

In the first of these workshops, we used the tarot as a means of idea generation, looking at character creation and personality traits, setting, and inciting incidents. Part 2 will build on this by using the tarot to determine plot events, twists and turns, and interactions between the protagonist and other characters you’ll introduce to your story. The chance element of the cards will assist with story planning, and also bring spontaneity that will open up new creative avenues of thought and action. As well as the practical tarot element there will be timed writing exercises, and also plenty of time for discussion and questions.

The workshop is suitable for beginner and intermediate writers also interested in tarot, whether you're looking for ways to start enhancing your writing using the cards, or you're interested in deepening an existing relationship.

If you have a tarot deck of your own, feel free to bring it, but don't worry if not as I will bring a few decks along on the day. I find the variations in style and art work on the cards to be helpful inspiration, and I want you to experience this too!

IMPORTANT: To attend this session, you must have attended . Please bring your notes from the first session as we’ll be using these to start off the timed writing exercises.

About the tutor:

Jools Warner is a novelist and tarot reader based in Sheffield. As a novelist, she writes fantasy fiction and paranormal romance for adults, and spooky stuff for younger readers. She did an MA in Creative Writing at Sheffield Hallam University, graduating in 2022 with Distinction. Her debut novel Ernie and the Mage-Killer was published in 2024 with Bellows Press, and her second novel, Shadow on Darkling Edge, will be published in 2026 with Sul Books.

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