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Bibliomancy is a way of divining the future by interpreting random passages from books  This blog will discuss how to use various divination methods as writing prompt generators. We'll be working with tarot decks, tea leaves, pendulums, dreams, random passages of books, and the raw creative power of the subconscious. I'll be outlining how to use these various divination tools and apply them to common writing roadblocks, including character creation, protagonist choices, plot points, narrative structure, and inspiration in the following posts. Click the sidebar to directly navigate to posts about specific writing issues or divination methods. Method I practice tarot as a psychological instrument—a way to draw out meanings from the subconscious. Due to the subjective nature of oracles, writers who use tarot, bibliomancy, or other divination methods can draw from a deep well of symbolic meanings and individual associations with near-unlimited outcomes. This mak

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