Tarot for Storytellers

Description

Learn the tarot from an acclaimed tarotist and novelist with over thirty years of experience! Tarot for Storytellers is the ultimate guide to empowering your writing through the tarot. Written by Kris Waldherr, bestselling creator of The Goddess Tarot and author of The Lost History of Dreams and other books, Tarot for Storytellers utilizes exclusive tarot exercises, insightful writing prompts, original card spreads, and other methods honed during Kris’s decades as a tarot reader, author, and teacher. Suitable for tarot newbies as well as the more experienced, Tarot for Storytellers progressively works its way through the elements necessary to bring a story to life—characters, plot, and more—while offering down-to-earth techniques to spark inspiration, set creative goals, and conquer writing blocks no matter where you are on your creative journey. BOOK CONTENT INCLUDES: • A guide to the 78 cards of the tarot and easy methods for remembering—and personalizing them—for your needs as a writer. (Think of each card as a story element!) • Accessible tarot exercises and prompts to enrich your writing process, develop intuition, and set goals. • Exclusive tarot-based methods for developing characters and for understanding yourself and the people surrounding you. • A dive into tarot archetypes and symbolism to deepen your story. • Original card spreads for brainstorming plot points, characters, and enhancing story conflict—and to gain insight into your life. • Sample tarot readings featuring famed characters from classic and popular novels, showing how to apply Tarot for Storytellers to your own writing. • Real world advice from an author who's been published many times by major publishing houses, designed to help you invite inspiration, dissolve creative blocks, set goals, and finish projects. We all have a story to tell. Whether you’re a dedicated novelist, devoted journal keeper, aspiring screenwriter, or just wanting a more magical life, Tarot for Storytellers will help you access the intuitive wisdom of the tarot—as well as discover new ways to connect with your own personal narrative. Illustrated throughout with over one hundred graphics. ADVANCE PRAISE FOR TAROT FOR STORYTELLERS: “ Tarot for Storytellers is a must for any author struggling with metal blocks or confusion, for anyone searching for unexpected inspiration and guidance. Kris’s methods take brainstorming to another dimension. Here—finally—is an approachable resource, grounded in experience and expertise, on connecting with the creative spirit! Because of Kris, a box of tarot cards has a permanent place on my writing desk.” —LAUREN J. A. BEAR, author of Medusa’s Sisters “Kris Waldherr has crafted a remarkable resource in Tarot for Storytellers . It moves beyond the practical mechanics of storytelling and uses tarot to invoke the muse, open the heart and spark fresh ideas. This stunning creative resource belongs on every author, writer, and tarot reader’s desk.” —SASHA GRAHAM, author of 365 Tarot Spreads and Dark Wood Tarot “Modern writers will be excited by the possibilities for unlocking intuition and creative flow when the craft of writing is united with the ancient symbols of the deck. And what better guide than Kris Waldherr?” —OLIVIA HAWKER, bestselling author of One for the Blackbird, One for the Crow “Kris Waldherr is a font of knowledge when it comes to tarot. When you combine such wisdom with her experience borne from publishing captivating novels, you have Tarot for Storytellers , which will enhance the work of any writer.” —CRYSTAL KING, author of In the Garden of Monsters and Feast of Sorrow