Writing Generators for Fantasy Writers

All writers and even gamers, no matter the genre or game, know of plot, characters, scenes and even grammar. But those who live in a world of fantasy know almost every nuances of the land they have created. At times we may know our world, but lack ideas for stories or even novels to help bring our worlds to tangible life. This article offers four websites that will help spark a fantasy writer's muse. It will also help any writer looking for a spark of inspiration. These sites were chosen for their ease of use as well as their large, seemingly endless, idea sparks. It should be noted that you will have to restrain yourself or one of two things could happen - one, you will lose track of time and two, you will have more ideas than time to write.

Seventh Sanctum: www.seventhsanctum.com. From magic and gadgets to settings and characters. This site will help, by giving quick ideas for story ideas to offering ideas for symbolic meanings that can be included for a deeper meaning to stories. For pure fun and maybe ideas in their own right the B Movie generator is a good way to lose time and spark ideas.

Chaotic Shiny:www.chaoticshiny.com. If you need detailed characters for games or stories, this site is a good place to start. Even offers likes and dislikes to help further flesh characters our. Also, this is a good site to help expand our towns and settings with taverns and games, including tournaments. The tournaments spark ideas as the generator also offers different types of characters that haunt the games. If you need a ritual or a special insignia, again this site offers an excellent source.

Serendipity: http://nine.frenchboys.net. A great place for names and character building. Further, this site offers unique plot twists that will help your story evolve in ways one would not have thought of. Even gives simple ideas for plots involving all sorts of fantasy creatures put into situations (who knew that dwarves could be friends with gypsies while running from a pack of griffons).

Wizards of the Coast:www.wizards.com. Not just for gamers, this site all offers adventure hooks to start a story and even maps that can be printed to help the writer see what is around them. The articles are just not for gamers either, there are also plenty of articles that can help the writer expand their worlds and give ideas that one may have not thought of before.

Now that the writing muse is fully sated, if not overstuffed, go forth young writer and see how your worlds open up before your eyes and bring you into their wonders.