Two of Wands

I'm going to be posting daily prompts to inspire writing, art or journaling. Use these as you would like to help keep your creative practices moving.

Key words/ideas:

• goals

• moving forward

• will to overcome

• open-mindedness

Some thoughts that occur to me:

• A character has been raised by a mentor with one particular point of view. They are then faced with something that changes that view drastically. How do they move forward?

• A character dreams of travel and adventure, but takes no action. What are the consequences of them not taking the heroic actions they dream of?

• A hero often overcomes adversity through willpower. What happens when the hero and the villain both do this resulting in a stalemate?

During January 2024 I recommend using these either to generate ideas, alongside the Solo Writer’s Curriculum theme for the month, or to prepare for the writing activity I will be suggesting next month, Flash February (28 days, 28 pieces of flash fiction).

Note that cards are drawn at random and may be drawn more than once. In that case I will repost with an additional idea. I am going to cap the number of repeats at 3 until I’ve been through the whole deck, but other than this I let the luck of the draw decide. Coming up with more ideas for the same card will force me to be more imaginative and its something I strongly recommend.