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Card XII: Odysseus

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Sep 15, 2025
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What if your writing didn’t fall apart when you lost the plot?

What if the detours are the story?

And, what if being off course didn’t mean failure, but transformation?

This is the spirit of Card XII: Odysseus.

He was a warrior and an epic hero, yes…

…but he’s also Odysseus the shipwrecked.

He was outwitted, lost, and nearly forgotten

But he wandered for a dec…

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