Sometimes when we sit down and want to create something, be it a
plotline for a new plotline, lyrics for a new song, a character, or a username;
we instead end up staring at a blank piece of paper not knowing what to write. I’ve
been through writer’s block once before, and it isn’t nice. It makes you think
that you’ve lost your talent of creativity. However, it isn’t as bad as it may
first appear as the simple solution is to take a break, walk away and do something
different before returning to your work and you might find that it’s a lot
easier to complete and soon it will be done before you’ll even know it.
But sometimes, there can be that added pressure of having a deadline
sitting on your shoulders, meaning you can’t just simply walk away for you
would then be wasting valuable time and the worry and stress would continue to
build and nothing would get done. It’s a vicious circle, and one that I’m
hoping to help you break if you do ever find yourself stuck.
The internet is a helpful place (if you know what to look for) and
can provide just the right amount of information necessary to get your creative
juices flowing once more. Online generators are websites that focus on randomly
generating a plotline, song lyrics, and character’s identity, and I have put
together a list of 4 of them that I feel will help you reignite your
imagination once more.
Number 4:
Internet Anagram Server
I can’t really talk about online generators without including the
one that helped me get things moving. If you are stuck coming up with a cool username
or a title for a project or a website, then this is the perfect place to find
exactly that. For me, I inputted my name and hit search, and the anagram TonyHadNouns
popped up, and from then on, things developed and one thing led to another, and
here I am, recommending this website to help you get things moving as well. I’m
putting this fourth because, although it does have a strong connection with me,
there are other generators out there as well, and if I’m honest, they are better
at helping you defeat writer’s block as they are much more detailed within
their specific fields, but I thought I would just casually slip it in the list
and move on.
Below is the link to the website:
Number 3:
The Song Lyrics Generator
A great little generator that offers a lot. The generator consists
of three steps: Pick the genre you want your song to be written in, then answer
a series of questions relating to that genre, then generate your song. It’s as
simple as that. By answering the questions, your creative juices will be able
to knock down that writer’s block and flow as free as ever before.
Below is the link to the website:
Number 2:
Plot Generator
Similar to The Song Lyrics Generator, you have to ask a series of questions
before creating your plotline. If you are struggling to answer some of them,
then hit the randomiser and it will answer them for you, or you could hit the
button to fill in all of the questions, then create your plotline. You can have
a lot of fun with the randomiser for if you allow it to answer all your questions
for you, you get something like this:
The
Curse of the Minuscule Record
A Horror Story
by Random Writer
Whilst investigating the death of a local police
officer, a sweet homemaker called Zach Parker uncovers a legend about a
supernaturally-cursed, minuscule record circulating throughout Cornwall. As
soon as anyone uses the record, he or she has exactly 55 days left to live.
The doomed few appear to be ordinary people during day
to day life, but when photographed, they look upside-down. A marked person
feels like a curvaceous rabbit to touch.
When Zach notices his fingernails have rabbit-like
properties, he realises that the curse of the minuscule record is true and
calls in his lover, a lawyer called Georgina Willis, to help.
Georgina examines the record and willingly submits
herself to the curse. She finds that the same visions flash before his eyes.
She finds the creepy donkey balancing on a cold police officer particularly
chilling. She joins the queue for a supernatural death.
Zach and Georgina pursue a quest to uncover the
meaning of the visions, starting with a search for the hooded bear. Will they
be able to stop the curse before their time is up?
I don’t know about you, but I would defiantly read that story. You
have my full permission to do with that plotline as you wish.
Below is the link to the website:
Number 1:
Fake Name Generator
So, you have your plotline, you have your settings, you pretty
much have everything that you need for your novel, except the characters. What
characters will best suit your story and stand out from the crowd. Introducing
Fake Name Generator, an incredibly detailed generator that lists of everything
you need to know about a non-existent person. Basically, just pick the country,
the gender, and you’re away. Everything that you need to know about a character
is right there in front of you, right down to their blood type, favourite
colour, car, even their bank details (but of course they are completely and
totally fake so don’t get any ideas), and they are different every time. And if
you feel that something is quite right, then you can mix and match certain characteristics
until you have found the perfect person for your story.
Below is the link to the website:
Thanks for reading
Antony Hudson
(TonyHadNouns)
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