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| Story Inspiration from Mythulu Cards
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| | A few weeks back a writing friend of mine told me about this new deck for story tellers she heard mentioned on a writers podcast: Mythulu. And I am so excited to tell you why I’ve fallen in love with this creativity and inspiration tool.
(Thanks Vanessa Kier, novelist and Scrivener and writing tech teacher, and that writing friend of mine!)
I checked it out and was so impressed I bought it as soon as I could.
For the last few weeks, I’ve been playing with the cards, doing draws, as they’re called.
I started with the sample draw: make a monster, and have stayed with that intent ever since.
Why? Because I’m working on a series of stories as TV episodes for the continuing adventures of Henrietta The Dragon Slayer and her friends, working title (just for me): “Henrietta and the Monsters.”
These stories would pick up where the third book in my trilogy left off. I’ve already written one episode and drafted a story bible and was planning to write at least one more episode this year.
As a passion/side project, I’m taking my time, but once I started playing with the Mythulu cards and creating monsters, I got so excited. Designing these creatures is helping me design the world and how things came to be.
You can peek into how I’m using the deck and what it’s inspiring in these images from Instagram below. (These also get cross posted to Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/bethbarany.)
Read the rest of the post and see my images here:
Story Inspiration Comes in Many Forms
I know this deck is only one tool among bazillions. Do you have a favorite story inspiration tool or activity? If so, I’d love to learn about it. May we inspire each other!
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| Have a happy and creative week! Happy writing!
Best,
Beth
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| | ABOUT BETH BARANY
Beth Barany is creativity coach for writers, a teacher, workshop facilitator, and speaker, who helps fiction writers experience clarity, so that they can write and polish their novels, and proudly publish them to the delight of their readers.
Owner of the Barany School of Fiction, an online training hub, Beth takes great interest in how humans learn, create, and grow, and includes all her students’ life experiences, including the ancestors, into the moment.
Want a course to help you prepare to write your novel? Check out the comprehensive Plan Your Novel course here, co-taught with award-winning, bestselling thriller author, Ezra Barany.
She's also an award-winning novelist and writes magical tales of romance, adventure, and mystery to empower women and girls to be the heroes in their own lives.
Check out her Henrietta series here (YA Fantasy) and her Touchstone series here (Fantasy/Paranormal Romance).
beth@bethbarany.com
Barany School of Fiction
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Photo Credit: by c. 2018 Arianna Golden
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