keithbennett•15d agoMost Upvoted

I bought a $75 'idea generator' app that just gave me the same three prompts

It was called Brainstorm Buddy, and after the first week, every single 'random' story starter was just a variation on 'a detective finds a sock', 'someone wakes up as a potato', or 'a key opens the wrong door'. I felt pretty silly for not just scrolling through the free prompt threads here. Has anyone else had a program or book that promised endless ideas but totally ran out of steam?

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elliot_johnson15d ago

I just started people-watching at the mall, honestly.

the_john15d ago

Oof, that "Brainstorm Buddy" sounds like a total scam. Paying that much just to get stuck in a loop of detective socks and sentient potatoes is brutal. I had a writing book that did the same thing, swore it had 500 unique conflicts and half were just "a stranger arrives in town." It really does make you appreciate the free stuff out there.