Is Writing in the Stars?

Is Writing in the Stars?

Astrology for Writers by Corrine Kenner had me intrigued. I thoroughly enjoyed and found inspiration in her book “Tarot for Writer.” This one, not so much.

She starts by defining the planets and the sun, giving their mythological history. She moves on to help you create an astrological chart for your character and asking pointed questions about how a character would act if Jupiter was in Aries.

I think that astrology is too static. With tarot cards you looked at the cards saw pictures and that inspired you to write, even if you didn’t know what the card represented traditionally. Plus she used layouts to define a character and to progress the plot. Even if you got nothing out of the book but layouts to help you define a story but looking at pretty pictures that was enough.

Astrology doesn’t provide visual clues. If you were very into astrology perhaps making a characters chart would help you define your character. But a good book on character traits, or a workbook on questions to ask your character would yield more defining results.

In my Epic Fantasy Series the characters worship the stars, and five elder stars in particular. These elder stars are actually planets, so I do sort of makeup star charts in my series. I am rather partial to worshiping stars, so I was intriqued about how to use astrology to deepen your writing.

I am giving the book 3 stars because it is a great primer for understanding astrology, it just isn’t in the stars for me to crow about.

 

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