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Fun for Friday: Random Writing Prompt Generator

| June 7, 2024

If you’re looking for a random writing prompt, check out this generator! The prompts it provides would make great opening lines, but they could also just be used to inspire a story! This one is noted as the “Most Dangerous Random Prompt Generator” because you can start writing a story by clicking a button and […]

Fun for Friday: Book Title Generator

| February 2, 2024

Whether you’re looking for a title for a book you’ve written or want inspiration for a book (or story or poem) to write, check out ImagineForest’s Book Title Generator. In addition to their generator, they link to a few others, and they also include a bit of advice on book titles. So even if what […]

Fun for Friday: Random Title Generator as Prompt

| January 20, 2023

I love random generators, so it’s no wonder that I’m sharing this Random Title Challenge prompt/generator! It uses dice to choose words from three lists, which you put together into a title and then use to inspire a story. The best thing about this challenge is that you can make your own lists of adjectives, […]

Fun for Friday: Random Place Name Generator

| August 5, 2022

If you’re looking for a name to give something in a story, or you just want a random place to write about, check out Muddle’s Wilderness Location Generator (and the other ones at the top right of the page). You can narrow down the type of wilderness location (or other type of being/location) if you […]

Fun for Friday: Writer Igniter

| April 1, 2022

If you’re looking for a random writing prompt, the folks at DIY MFA have a “writer igniter” that provides you with a character, a situation, a prop, and an image for the setting. The ideas won’t necessarily be immediately speculative, but you can always tweak the elements until they are, or write a story that […]

Fun for Friday: Random Word Generator

| June 8, 2018

Sometimes, you just need to find the right word. Sometimes, any word will do. If you’re in the latter situation, you may enjoy the Random Word Generator. It does exactly what it sounds like–generates a random word. Or words. You can specify things like the first and/or last letter, the number of syllables, or the […]

Fun for Friday: SciFi Name Generators

| December 1, 2017

I don’t write a lot of sci-fi, though occasionally my stories lean in that direction. So most of the random generators I post are for fantasy writing. But today, I’m sharing a page with sci-fi name generators, which will be helpful to my readers who like to write on that side of things. And someday, […]

Fun for Friday: Random EVERYTHING Generators

| September 8, 2017

You know I love random things, and today, I’m sharing with you the motherlode! Fantasy Name Generators may sound like a site with just a single purpose, but it’s SO much more than just a place for random fantasy names. It’s a HUGE collection of random generators, from the general to certain-realms-of-pop-culture specific. And in addition […]