As usual, my favorite time of the year is flying by.  I have been reading a lot of books on scriptwriting, and a book about using the Tarot as inspiration for writing.

Of these books, I have found that Save the Cat and Tarot for Writers synch up great as both inspiration and technique.

My current production, The Cthulhu Key, is created using a composite of the methods from those two books.
I have created my own Tarot spread, slightly modifying the Tarot for Writers spread.

Using this modified spread, I was able to completely fill out my Save the Cat scene board in an afternoon.

That’s 40 scenes outlined and laid out.

I am not going to go into theory of Tarot here, but regardless if you believe in the paranormal, the symbolism of the Tarot married to the structure from the Save the Cat beat sheet can open cascades of creativity.

Go get a Tarot deck, and find something that looks cool to you
(The Dark Grimoire Tarot (English and Spanish Edition)),
then get the book (Tarot for Writers).

Read, practice, write, repeat.