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Honestly, I dropped $60 on a 'prompt generator' app that just recycles old ideas
Ngl, I bought it hoping for fresh story starters, but it basically just spits out the same 'you find a mysterious key' or 'wake up in a different world' stuff you can find for free. Has anyone found a tool or method that actually gives you unique, usable prompts without costing money?
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anthonyrivera6d ago
Ugh, that's the worst. I've been there. Honestly, I get way better results just doing a "random noun plus random adjective" search on a free image site like Unsplash and writing from whatever pops up. Like "rusty bicycle" or "empty theater." Staring at a weird picture gets my brain going way more than any app. Also, try grabbing a book you've never read, opening to a random page, and using the first full sentence as your first line.
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the_hayden6d ago
That book trick is wild! What's the weirdest first line you've ever pulled from a random page? I tried it once with an old cookbook and got "Do not substitute margarine for butter," which sent me down a weird path about a chef sabotaging a rival.
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ray5626d ago
That "rusty bicycle" image search idea is actually pretty smart. I grabbed a random gardening book once and the line was "The soil must be friable," which just made me picture some guy having a nervous breakdown over dirt clumps. Where do you even go from there, @the_hayden?
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