Tarot for Writers Workshop May 10, 2007

THE TAROT FOR WRITERS WORKSHOP

Over the course of four Thursdays in May, you can experience a mystical journey into the world of writing with tarot cards. You’ll learn how tarot cards can help you break through writer’s block, serve as a source of creative inspiration, help you with plotting and dialogue, and glean insights into your characters’ past, present, and future.

IN BRIEF:
• The Tarot for Writers Workshop will meet weekly for four weeks in May, starting at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 10.
• Registration is $40.
• To register, visit http://writers.meetup.com/653/

TAROT CARDS: A NEW TOOL FOR WRITERS

While the tarot is usually the domain of mystics and seers, the cards are equally at home in the hands of a writer. That’s because writers are, in a sense, fortunetellers. They envision a possible future, and they describe it so clearly that it flickers into existence. They see the shadows of an alternate reality, and they bring it to light with the power of their words. Like the ancient seers at the Oracle of Delphi, writers communicate essential truths to an audience of readers. And good writers, like good tarot card readers, seamlessly weave together the past, present, and future.

When you come to the workshop, you’ll need a notebook, a pen, and a standard deck of Rider-Waite tarot cards. If you don’t have a deck of your own, you can borrow one during each session.

WORKSHOP SCHEDULE

WEEK ONE: Characters and Cards
7 p.m. Thursday, May 10

During our first session together, we’ll cover the basics of working with the tarot, and we’ll play with some fun ways to develop characters based on the cards.

WEEK TWO: Setting the Scene
7 p.m. Thursday, May 17

We’ll build on our character development by working on some fun dialogue techniques. We’ll also move forward into description and scene-setting through guided meditation and pen-and-paper interviews.

WEEK THREE: Crisis and Conflict
7 p.m. Thursday, May 24

During our third session, we’ll carry on with our characters, conversations, and descriptive work from the weeks before -- and we’ll move forward into our creative journey by finding crisis and conflict in the cards.

WEEK FOUR: Happy Endings
7 p.m. Thursday, May 31

During our fourth and final Tarot for Writers Workshop session, we’ll work on finding resolutions and endings in the cards, and discover how the tarot can help us assess our work, prepare for publication, and keep writing.

MEET THE ORGANIZER

Corrine Kenner, Author and Certified Tarot Master

Corrine Kenner has written eight books and edited four anthologies, including Corrine Kenner’s Complete Guide to Simple Fortune Telling with Tarot Cards, Tall Dark Stranger: Tarot for Love and Romance, Tarot Journaling, The Epicurean Tarot, Crystals for Beginners, and Strange But True. She was also a featured novelist during National Novel Writing Month 2006. Her current book in progress, Tarot for Writers, will feature many of the exercises you’ll experience firsthand in the Tarot for Writers workshop.

Kenner is an internationally recognized speaker and tarot teacher, recently featured in Downtown Minneapolis and CitySouth magazines. In 2006, Minnesota’s Metro magazine called her one of the best psychics in the Twin Cities. She’s also a frequent guest on talk radio shows across the country. She’s a regular presenter at professional tarot conferences in New York City, and she’s scheduled to travel to London to lead workshops in 2008.

She has lived in Brazil and Los Angeles, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in philosophy from California State University. She now lives in Minneapolis with her husband and three daughters. You can find her online at http://www.corrinekenner.com.

To register for the Tarot for Writers workshop, visit http://writers.meetup.com/653/

Official Website: http://writers.meetup.com/653/