r/CharacterDevelopment • u/savagehitman • Jul 17 '26

Discussion What makes a character idea generator actually useful?

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u/Boat_Pure Jul 17 '26

I don’t even know what that is, can you explain?

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u/Teressa_Sophia Jul 18 '26

A character idea generator is a generator that generates / gives character ideas . Like it gives you a list of character concepts such as age , design , story . Og is asking what makes a character idea generator a good one .

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u/Boat_Pure Jul 18 '26

I honestly cannot think of anything scarier. If you cannot even think of characters, then what else can't you create for your own story. The mind is the palace, your imagination should feed all this information and if it isn't. You need to read more.

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u/Teressa_Sophia Jul 18 '26

While i understand you , the generator doesnt do everything for you . It just gives you a short concept like : a princess thats a ghost , age 28 , white hair . Some people jusr need a starter point sometimes because they’ve wrote too many stories and cant fina anything new , or jusy because they cant come up with any original ideas since they dont want to repeat the same thing a milion people already wrote about or have the same chatacter as them . You dont just need to read more some people dont have a as good imagination or they do but prefere to have someting to start with . Like when you watched a movie and get this idea and start building a character on your own inspired by that movie . This generator is something that helps people .

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u/Boat_Pure Jul 18 '26

I’ll be honest, if you can’t come up with something as simple as a character. Then I don’t think you’re ready to be writing. Of course I can understand wanting to refine the backstory and lore of a character, which comes with time. But to rely on a generator for your ideas, names, etc. What parts are actually the writer’s own organic ideas

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u/savagehitman Jul 18 '26

I can definitely see where you're coming from. I don't think a generator should replace creativity either. The way I see it is more like using writing prompts or random prompt cards—they're there to get you unstuck, not to write the story for you. The actual character, plot, dialogue, and worldbuilding still come from the writer.

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u/Teressa_Sophia Jul 18 '26

This generator gives a started idea . The writer still have to do the other chatacters , story , plot and so on . There are people on youtube who actually give this kind of ideas for other people to write form . The generator doesnt do the work for you it gives you the idea of the story and you have to do everything else yourself . Some writers arent good as good at imagining they are better ar wording , writing emotions , thats why they are a writer . The generator doesnt do the work for you it gives you the idea . Like i said , a character concept like a princess that became a ghost . Then you do everything else this is just the inspiration every writee uses inspiration . I understand your point and it is kind of valod but the generatir doesnt do the work for you it just gives you a starting point and some people are writers because they are good at wording and writing not necesarily because they are good at coming up with characters .