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Fool’s Gold: 30 Days of Tarot Writing Challenge
“We shall not cease from exploration
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time.”— T.S. Eliot, Four Quartets
After a tough winter, we look to Spring as a new beginning, a fresh start taking us away from our troubles and into the safer, brighter days ahead. For this challenge, we are embracing the possibility of the future and taking our inspiration from The Fool - April’s prankster, the traditional jester who uses folly to conceal wisdom, and the everyman hero of the Tarot deck.
Around since the 15th century, the Tarot is not simply a card game or a fortune-telling device, it is the story of the Fool, a free spirit embarking on a new adventure - the challenges they meet and the qualities they must embrace or discover within themselves to arrive at their destination.
In this challenge, we will embrace the hero's journey and follow the Fool’s path through the Tarot, using the beautifully illustrated Rider Waite cards as our guide.
Join me to explore the rich symbolism of the Tarot and its value as a creative, storytelling and mindfulness tool.
In addition to writing prompts, there will also be a few surprise activities to help us clear our minds and flex our creative skills in new directions.
If you haven’t taken part before, the 30-Day Challenge is the perfect remedy for an uncertain world, with bite-sized daily exercises, inspiration and opportunity to explore or vent in equal measure, and a supportive and encouraging community of writers in the private Facebook group.
Whether you’re looking for focus, connection or a creative kick-start, the challenge offers a reprieve from the everyday anxieties - plus the tools to build a daily writing habit.
how does it work?
Sign up to the Fool’s Gold 30 Days of Tarot Writing Challenge and each day you’ll receive an email with:
a daily writing prompt or exercise,
ideas on how to tackle the prompt or task,
writing inspiration in the form of poems and music
writing advice and craft tips.
what can i expect?
All you have to do is set aside 15 minutes each day to free-write around that day’s prompt and find your way into a poem or tackle the creative task. The challenge isn’t about producing finished work but about playing with ideas and trying something new.
By the end of the month, you’ll have established a regular writing habit, a bunch of new first drafts and a sense of achievement!
praise for the 30 day challenge
Here’s what writers said about the 30 Day Challenge experience:
“These are the best poetry prompts I’ve ever seen, bar none! Full of great ideas, helpful guidance, and good humor, they left us plenty of room to maneuver. The sample poems and musical selections really helped me to think more about the prompts, turn them around in my mind, and tweak them as needed. I enjoyed reading poems by poets whose work I’ve never read before. What a wonderful way to spend the month of April!”
“I have found inspiration in areas I might never have thought of and definitely from a wider exploration of the example poems/poets and the responses of fellow poets. The prompts successfully act as sounding boards to trigger ideas, the great thing is many can be stored away for another day... reading the other poems produced throughout the course is a huge part of the learning and fun. ”
how do i join the fool’s gold 30 days of tarot writing challenge?
Here’s what to do:
Sign up for the Challenge
Activate the challenge via the booking confirmation email
Write every day!
more praise for the 30 day challenge
“I’ve participated in three of these challenges now and have found them inspiring, encouraging and enjoyable. As writing is such a solitary experience it’s lovely to connect with other writers who know what it’s like. Angela sets the tone and everyone is extremely generous in sharing their work and with their feedback.”
“The prompts were more detailed than I expected and really supported the generation of ideas. The use of poetry prompts also introduced me to poets I’d never read before. It was a pleasure to read all the other work and to see how different people approached the same prompt. I thoroughly enjoyed the whole experience.”