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Writing
Even the best writers sometime need a little stimulation, if only for practice. Otherwise, writers may face the dismal monstrosity of writer's block. These generators are here to help when you need that plot, that idea, or that challenge to keep fresh.
Story Inspiration
Envisioner - Combines legends, tales, and stories
with new or unexpected elements. Re-think the classics and see what inspiration it brings you . . .
Quick Story Idea Generator - For writing challenges, inspirations, and boredom relief. Comes up with basic story ideas. Quick Story Theme Generator - To give you a quick idea for a theme/setting for a story. Romance Story Generator - Generates a romance-oriented plot and pairing for your writing needs and inspiration, complete with extra details and plot complications! Story Generator - Produces detailed story ideas for a variety of settings. Includes possibilities for themes, settings, characters and events. Symbolitron - Need a story that's got some deep symbolic (or merely pretentious) meaning! Come here for some ideas! What-if-inator - Generates scrambled histories for writing and gaming inspiration. Writing Challenge Generator - Need to push your imagination or come up with a challenge for your fellow writers? Try this generator to see if it gets your mind moving!
Character Inspiration
General Character Generator
- Produces highly detailed randomly generated character
descriptions in both anime and non-anime style. Great for
inspiration and fleshing out characters.
Character Scrambler - Take some characters and concepts you've seen before, maybe too many times before, and now you can recombine them in new ways. Quick Character Generator - Creates quick character profiles in a variety of settings, from anime to fantasy.
Miscellaneous
Song Challenge Generator
- Creates a style and subject matter for a song - for a challenge to when you need a quick idea for a story or game.
Fanfic and related
Brain Hurting Fanfic Pairer - Up for a challenge in the realm of fanfic? This generator will create odd and unusual pairings to challenge yourself. Or possibly cause mental trauma. Click ahead and see what awaits - no infringement on any existing copyrights intended, of course.
Filk Challenge Generator - Up for a challenge in the realm of filk? You'll find that here, along with lot of very, very weird things.
Not-quite Serious
Action
Film Trailer Generator - We've all
seen those action movie trailers that
begin with "In a world of . .
." and then quickly describe what
goes on. This generatres them for
amusement and story/game ideas.
Humorous
B-Movie Title
Generator - Dedicated to all those
cheesy, sleazy films we somehow love
anyway! If you've ever watched weird
films at 2 A.M., or watched Mystery
Science Theater 3000 obsessively, you
know what this is about. Warning - some
titles may be crude or bizarre - just
like the real thing!
Eye of Argonizer - Named after the infamous bad fanfic, this generator makes overblown, weirdly-named fantasy heros and their quests and travails. More for fun than actual utility. The "Eye of Argon" is copyright Jim Thies. RPG Namer - There's many a good RPG out there for various Console Systems, but some have interesting, odd, or inappropriate names, well others just sound the same. So, to blow off steam, I wrote a program to try and duplicate their naming style. Villanous Plot Generator - Practice your evil laughs as you prepare to Show Those Fools! A somewhat tongue-in-cheeck generator of complex villanous plots. |
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