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Using Tarot with my PowerSheets for 2021 Goal Setting

Posted on November 30, 2020November 30, 2020 by Jennifer Gregson

Most of you probably know this by now — unless you are super new — but I love goal setting!!  This year, I decided to marry one love with another and use my Tarot cards with my PowerSheets.  Ok, I can hear the questions loud and clear: How do you use tarot with goal setting?…

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And They Lived Happily Ever After

Posted on August 21, 2020February 1, 2021 by Jennifer Gregson

Yay….we have reached the end of our journey – but before I get into this week’ spread, I wanted to announce the name that my Instagram readers came up with for our short story – and I have to say, it’s pretty darn perfect — Mysteries, Deception, and The Full Moon!  Ahhhh, I love it!…

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Stuck In The Middle With YOU

Posted on August 14, 2020February 1, 2021 by Jennifer Gregson

Middles are hard to write, heck even this blog post about Middles and thinking about writing the middle of our short story has me feeling well, kinda icky.  I actually came up with some fantastic ideas using this spread and I’m still not 100% feeling the actual writing I did.  Who’s with me?  Show of…

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Once Upon A Time…

Posted on August 6, 2020February 1, 2021 by Jennifer Gregson

Okay, now we are getting into the writing – finally! This spread will get your creative juices flowing, give you some amazing ideas for how to start your very first scene (or in our case, the first page) and what conflict your characters are facing. Each scene or chapter needs its own conflict – which…

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Let’s Meet The Rest Of Our Cast

Posted on July 30, 2020February 1, 2021 by Jennifer Gregson

So originally I wanted week 3 to be actually writing the beginning of our story, but after the simple outline was finished I knew I needed to spend a tiny bit more time with the characters.  Again, instead of a formal tarot spread, I just pulled 1-2 cards for each person. If you’d like to…

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Let’s Start With A Simple Outline

Posted on July 22, 2020February 1, 2021 by Jennifer Gregson

Welcome to Week 2 of this fun tarot experiment where we will be working on a very simple outline using a 3-card spread for the Beginning, Middle, and End of our story.   I shuffled and pulled three cards, laying them down side by side.  I usually start by looking at each one individually and then…

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Using Tarot Cards (And My Own Spreads) To Write A Short Story

Posted on July 15, 2020February 1, 2021 by Jennifer Gregson

Yesterday, while I was doing the dishes, I was thinking about my social media and what I wanted to write about. I had some ideas written down but none of them were feeling very fun or exciting. In between soaping up some bowls and drying some plates, I had a really crazy idea – and…

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Tarot cards laid on green background

The Long, Twisting Road From Writing Exercise To Third Draft

Posted on March 10, 2020 by Jennifer Gregson

A long, long time ago (almost two years now) I decided to do a fun writing exercise here on the blog and created a character based on tarot cards. The thing is, I liked the idea and the character so much I decided to turn it into a full-blown novel.

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Goodbye 2017, Hello 2018

Posted on December 21, 2017 by Jennifer Gregson

Ah, another year is coming to a close.  It’s out with the old and in with the new, that weird old man is retiring and baby new year is bouncing onto the scene.  Side note: how does that baby age so much in one year?   Okay, back on track.  This is my last post…

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Creating a 3-Act Structure with Tarot Cards

Posted on June 8, 2017November 19, 2017 by Jennifer Gregson

I’m back for part two of my writing exercises using the Tarot for Writers book and my tarot cards.  Last week I created a new character, named Leo, and this week I’m using an exercise on page 72 about creating a three-act structure with two plot points.  I did not pull a card for the climax (seen in…

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