An aspect of tarot which has fascinated and frequently haunted my thoughts is the use of it for fiction writing. Authors such as Stephen King and John Steinbeck have both been known to make use of the cards for inspiration, and as I struggle to find my own wells of creativity, I have been longing to give it a shot myself.





NaNoWriMo has been yet another nifty thing I have longed to try, but I never seem to find myself able to commit. There's no judgement, just writing, so why do I shy away every time? In a call for challenges, one of the members of the Discord group I host brought my attention to the Tarot Story Challenge on Instagram. Unfortunately, we did not end up choosing this challenge as the one we would complete as a group, but I couldn't let this opportunity pass to force myself to write.





The challenge is laid out for a card (or spread) for each day of the month with character development falling too near the end for this challenge to be alongside NaNoWriMo, but I plan to complete it anyway. Once I've completed the planning outlined in this challenge, I will write a short story (not a novel) and share it! My aim is not for the story to be perfect, or the best you've ever read. My goal is only to write--to say I've completed a goal I set out to do. (Or maybe it's to distract myself the writing I should be doing instead...) Either way, it can't hurt to give it a shot.









I'm also starting several days behind, so I'll be doing the first nine days at once today!