Prompt Prompts
There are 52 cards in a deck of playing cards. That's a daunting amount of writing to do. It'll be worth the work, though.
If you don't know where to take your writing, I've written some prompts for prompts in this section. They're loosely based on tarot cards, which is usually how I decide what goes on which card. Obviously you don't have to use these, but please have a look if you're stuck.
It might help to divide your work by assigning themes to the four suits. You might choose something like this:
- Hearts (Cups): Water, healing, kindness, emotion
- Clubs (Wands): Fire, ambition, courage, movement
- Diamonds (Coins): Earth, stillness, growing, reality
- Spades (Swords): Air, thought, calculation, fear
- A of Hearts: Something new and beautiful
- 2 of Hearts: Romance, understanding
- 3 of Hearts: Celebrating, relaxing
- 4 of Hearts: Depression, boredom
- 5 of Hearts: Loss, giving up
- 6 of Hearts: Memory, nostalgia
- 7 of Hearts: Choices, priorities, illusion
- 8 of Hearts: Departure, endings
- 9 of Hearts: A wish coming true
- 10 of Hearts: Acceptance, community
- J of Hearts: Poetry, thoughtfulness
- Q of Hearts: Kindness, gentleness
- K of Hearts: Mastery of emotion, of love.
- A of Clubs: Something new and exciting
- 2 of Clubs: Balance, opposition
- 3 of Clubs: Opportunity, acknowledgment
- 4 of Clubs: Home, peace
- 5 of Clubs: Struggle, bickering
- 6 of Clubs: Victory, pride
- 7 of Clubs: Defensiveness, courage
- 8 of Clubs: Movement, action, suddenness
- 9 of Clubs: Accomplishment, what remains to be done
- 10 of Clubs: Stress, burden
- J of Clubs: Fury, temper
- Q of Clubs: Passion, inspiration
- K of Clubs: Mastery of courage, of action
- A of Diamonds: Something new that will grow
- 2 of Diamonds: Harmony, coexisting
- 3 of Diamonds: Good work, expertise, artisanship
- 4 of Diamonds: Hoarding, gathering, keeping
- 5 of Diamonds: Sadness, poverty
- 6 of Diamonds: Charity, judgment
- 7 of Diamonds: Patience, slow-growing things
- 8 of Diamonds: Harvest, hard work, mastery
- 9 of Diamonds: Solitude, peace, plenty
- 10 of Diamonds: Community, family, togetherness
- J of Diamonds: Patience and determination
- Q of Diamonds: Generosity, tenderness
- K of Diamonds: Mastery of cycles, of wealth, of profit
- A of Spades: Something new and powerful
- 2 of Spades: The unknown, opposition, balance
- 3 of Spades: Heartbreak, sorrow, grief
- 4 of Spades: Death, sleep, rest, silence
- 5 of Spades: Loss, defeat
- 6 of Spades: Departure, guidance, peril
- 7 of Spades: Stealth, theft, manipulation
- 8 of Spades: Entrapment, desperation
- 9 of Spades: Anxiety, fear, sleeplessness
- 10 of Spades: Final defeat, death
- J of Spades: Recklessness, speed
- Q of Spades: Clarity, Serenity
- K of Spades: Mastery of intellect, of suffering