TAROT FOR CREATIVE WRITING - SCENE WORKSHEET
Original fiction exercise. Selected cards are prompts, not factual evidence.
You can choose cards deliberately; no random draw is required.

Deck or image source:
Genre and intended tone:
Card 1 - character prompt:
One visible detail from card 1:
One character trait I invent:
What the character wants in this scene:
Card 2 - conflict prompt:
One visible detail from card 2:
The obstacle I invent:
What the opposing person or force wants:
The cost of failing:
Card 3 - setting prompt:
One visible detail from card 3:
One sensory detail I invent:
How the place restricts an action:
The first attempt:
Why that attempt fails or complicates matters:
The next choice:
A premise with "wants / but / so":
One change I will make after reading the draft:

Write a short scene: choose any useful length.
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Revision checks:
- Are observations separate from invented story facts?
- Does the character do something observable?
- Is the obstacle connected to that specific goal?
- Does the setting change what the character can do?
- Does the ending contain a choice, discovery or changed situation?
- Can the story stand without naming the cards?
You may omit any card detail that does not serve the scene.