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Writing with Tarot: Symbols, Archetypes, and the Creative Journey (virtual) with Tiffany Morris

From the Fool’s Journey to the Hero’s Journey, the 78 cards of the Tarot provide a multitude of archetypal symbols that can guide our creative process. These Tarot symbols are drawn from diverse sources ranging from Arthurian legend and astrology to early 20th century mysticism, providing an exciting framework for personal and creative exploration.

In this workshop, we will write and explore how the symbols of the Rider-Waite system can generate ideas for plot and character in fiction, as well explore ideas for poetic devices and nonfiction storytelling structures. We will also look at Tarot spreads for personalized insight into the writing process and our artistic practices. This session will be presented in a combination of lecture and generative workshop, where participants will be welcome (but not pressured) to share their work.

Writers do not need previous experience with Tarot or their own Tarot deck to participate; examples and resources will be provided in the session.

About the instructor: Tiffany Morris is an L’nu’skw (Mi’kmaw) writer from Nova Scotia. She is the author of the horror novella Carnalis—as well as the Ignyte, Indigenous Voices, Shirley Jackson, and Aurora award-nominated horror novella Green Fuse Burning, which won the 2024 Indie Ink Award for Indigenous Representation. Her poetry publications include the forthcoming collection blacksalt/voidmoon and the Elgin Award-winning Elegies of Rotting Stars. Her work has appeared in the anthology Never Whistle at Night, as well as in Nightmare Magazine, Uncanny Magazine, and Apex Magazine, among others. She is a Director-at-Large for the Writers’ Federation of Nova Scotia and one of the founding directors of The Trident Conference for Speculative Fiction.

Recommended experience levels: Writers and authors of all experience levels are welcome

Participant cap: 12

Location: Zoom

Date of 1-night workshop: Tuesday, October 27, 2026 (7:00pm to 9:00pm Atlantic)

Registration for 2026 General Members: $45

Registration for non-members: $75 (includes 2026 General Membership in WFNS)

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Experience Levels

The Writers’ Federation of Nova Scotia (WFNS) uses the following terms to describe writers’ experience levels:

  • New writers: those with less than two years’ creative writing experience and/or no short-form publications (e.g., short stories, personal essays, or poems in literary magazines, journals, anthologies, or chapbooks).
  • Emerging writers: those with more than two years’ creative writing experience and/or numerous short-form publications.
  • Early-career authors: those with 1 or 2 book-length publications or the equivalent in book-length and short-form publications.
  • Established authors: those with 3 or 4 book-length publications.
  • Professional authors: those with 5 or more book-length publications.

Please keep in mind that each form of creative writing (fiction, nonfiction, poetry, writing for children, writing for young adults, and others) provides you with a unique set of experiences and skills, so you might consider yourself an ‘established author’ in one form but a ‘new writer’ in another.

Occasionally, WFNS uses the phrase “emerging and established writers/authors” to mean ‘writers and authors of all experience levels.’

The “Recommended experience level” section of each workshop description refers to the above definitions. A workshop’s participants should usually have similar levels of creative writing and / or publication experience. This ensures that each participant gets value from the workshop⁠ and is presented with info, strategies, and skills that suit their experience. 

For “intensive” and “masterclass” workshops, which provide more opportunities for peer-to-peer feedback, the recommended experience level should be followed closely.

For all other workshops, the recommended experience level is just that—a recommendation—and we encourage potential participants to follow their own judgment when registering.

If uncertain about your experience level with respect to any particular workshop, please feel free to contact us at communications@writers.ns.ca