: A stranger hands you a card with your own name on it and a date five years in the future.

: Draw three cards representing a Beginning, Middle, and End . This helps build a structured plot by forcing you to connect unrelated images or themes.

: Every time you draw a card from a specific deck, the event depicted on the card happens in real life.

If you're looking for inspiration right now, here are a few classic "card" prompts:

: Some cards focus on specific traits or "superpowers." You can use these to build a backstory for a protagonist, explaining how a particular characteristic (like leadership or resilience) served them in the past. Sample Story Starters

If you are working with a set of physical or digital cards, you can follow these common storytelling methods:

: In a group, one person pulls a card to start the story, and the next person pulls a card to continue it, creating a "quickfire" narrative where the plot evolves unpredictably.

: You find an old birthday card in a library book that contains a map instead of a message.