Remarkably Useful
This is a simple idea but a remarkably useful little app for generating ideas.
Just browse through the appropriate list — say, setting — and you are presented with a copious list of every idea you might ever want to use when creating a setting.
It’s a very simple idea that works surprisingly well.
I find it less useful for things like character, where you could end up with a character like something created from a kit, like a Lego model only with less life.
But that’s also true of those prompt sheets for so-called character building. What you can end up with is less of a character and more of a robot.
But for all other aspects the lists act more like a stimulus to genuine creativity as you browse through all sorts of characteristics you may not have thought of have thought of for yourself.
As you browse you think, yes! that might work then as you read on you may then see another idea that may prompt you into thinking about the topic in a new way. And then another.
So the process of browsing the lists is more a way to stimulate creativity than a mechanical and lifeless process.
Of course you could read a thesaurus. But that only offers certain kinds of words.
And you can certainly look up words for ‘green’ if you’re stuck for
a romantic description of the precise shade (malachite?!) of your hero’s eyes. But try looking up ‘setting’ and see how far it gets you.
What you may need is not another word for setting — location, place, locus, maybe (I’ve not checked) — but words to describe a setting. That’s where these lists come in.
This is such a simple idea but a remarkably effective and useful one.
I firmly believe no writer aspiring beyond basic skills should be without a thesaurus (and a good dictionary, of course). But I also believe every writer should have this app, too.
Just as a thesaurus performs a different task from a dictionary, this app performs a different task from either of those, the task of stimulating ideas, not prescribing them, and stimulating creativity not restricting it.
I wouldn’t be without it.
Just browse through the appropriate list — say, setting — and you are presented with a copious list of every idea you might ever want to use when creating a setting.
It’s a very simple idea that works surprisingly well.
I find it less useful for things like character, where you could end up with a character like something created from a kit, like a Lego model only with less life.
But that’s also true of those prompt sheets for so-called character building. What you can end up with is less of a character and more of a robot.
But for all other aspects the lists act more like a stimulus to genuine creativity as you browse through all sorts of characteristics you may not have thought of have thought of for yourself.
As you browse you think, yes! that might work then as you read on you may then see another idea that may prompt you into thinking about the topic in a new way. And then another.
So the process of browsing the lists is more a way to stimulate creativity than a mechanical and lifeless process.
Of course you could read a thesaurus. But that only offers certain kinds of words.
And you can certainly look up words for ‘green’ if you’re stuck for
a romantic description of the precise shade (malachite?!) of your hero’s eyes. But try looking up ‘setting’ and see how far it gets you.
What you may need is not another word for setting — location, place, locus, maybe (I’ve not checked) — but words to describe a setting. That’s where these lists come in.
This is such a simple idea but a remarkably effective and useful one.
I firmly believe no writer aspiring beyond basic skills should be without a thesaurus (and a good dictionary, of course). But I also believe every writer should have this app, too.
Just as a thesaurus performs a different task from a dictionary, this app performs a different task from either of those, the task of stimulating ideas, not prescribing them, and stimulating creativity not restricting it.
I wouldn’t be without it.
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Fantastic
This app is brilliant, I spend hours on Google searching these things up, and now I have an app which is filled with so much information, it makes my heart happy!
So helpful ♥️
SOOOO many lists!! ♥️
Where has this been all my life
THE FUDGING BEST, recommending this to all my writer friends. MY DAYS OF SPENDING HOURS A DAY ON REDDIT POST AND RANDOM SHIFTY SITES I’VE NEVER HEARD OF ARE OVER!
Not worth it.
I really wanted to like this, but in all honesty this is like $3 for small lists when you can find all of this on google. The app needs a search, better UI, tags, more extensive lists, origin definitions, etc. Not worth the money. Just open a browser and a notepad.
Essential App for Writing
A writing encyclopedia
Great but one request
The only reason i’m giving 4 instead of 5 stars is there isn’t a way to save anything to a custom list.
Best App for Writers
This app will help you as a writer forever. I haven’t found anything better and simpler than this
Incredible
The fact that more people don’t know about this app is a little travesty, it’s incredible. The sheer volume is amazing and it’s so helpful. If your a writer you need this app.
Can’t believe I’ve been missing this
Been searching off and on for YEARS for good writing and character creation aids, and I can say with great pleasure that this is the best money I’ve spent in that department. Worth every cent. The sheer volume of stuff here is incredible, and they even included a randomizer for each category so you can shuffle any list and use it as a sort of “prompt”.
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The Greatest thing on Earth!
You need this!
Disappointed
Wont let me save the words on the list, just copy’s it to “One” paper and you can’t scroll down. The first picture shown is all they gave me. The other pages weren’t there
Awesome Reference
I love this app! As a beginner novelist, this has come in handy more times than I can count! ******
Won’t open
Won’t open on either my iPan or iPhone.
AMAZING-100000x helpful for writers!!!
Hi I’m a writer! My friend and I love this app!! Thank you so much for this app, My friend and I would love it if you could make another app similar to this, but with tips, like how to set a scene, and writing examples, and what to do and how to prepare and plan if you are writing fantasy, or sci-fi. I right now am writing and planning for a huge fantasy/adventure series called Steel and Scale, I am publishing it even though I’m a minor ( under 18 )😅 it’s not finished yet though but pls don’t take the title? Anyways, this app is incredible! It has tons of ideas and words and categories that you wouldn’t even have though of! It has a note tab for you to keep your story or favourite words in ( but you need to write out the words and definitions but it lets you copy and paste ) and it has a define tool if you need to know the definition! But it almost always has the definition under the word! It’s color coded and so funk and it has the side bar so if u press on H, u get the letters that start with H in that catagory, which is super helpful if you want alliteration ( like, Peter pumpkin wanted pie Peter pumpkin wanted pickle pie with pepper pickle pepperoni pieced pieces) idk that was rlly bad, but yes! Tyyyyy so much, it’s SOO AWESOME AND HELPFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH
Suggestions:
Please add a.....
app similar to this, but with tips, like how to set a scene, and writing examples, and what to do and how to prepare and plan if you are writing fantasy, or sci-fi.
Please add a.....
thing that lets you find hold down or type out a word then find a bunch of things like, words that rhyme with it, words that don’t rhyme with it, all the meanings, words to replace it, so like instead of smile, you could see a list of interesting things instead of smile like grin, beam, smirk, and instead of happy, a list of opposites like depressed, sorrowful, woeful, saddened, etc
TYYY
Suggestions:
Please add a.....
app similar to this, but with tips, like how to set a scene, and writing examples, and what to do and how to prepare and plan if you are writing fantasy, or sci-fi.
Please add a.....
thing that lets you find hold down or type out a word then find a bunch of things like, words that rhyme with it, words that don’t rhyme with it, all the meanings, words to replace it, so like instead of smile, you could see a list of interesting things instead of smile like grin, beam, smirk, and instead of happy, a list of opposites like depressed, sorrowful, woeful, saddened, etc
TYYY
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Time Saver
This app makes it easy to have commonly used word categories at your fingertips. I keep my on a spreadsheet and isn’t always convenient. I would make one suggestion, I really wish I could add more words and/or categories of my own. For instance, I’d like a category of ways to say “say”.
YES
I LOVE THIS APP ITS SUPER HELPFUL AND AMAZING 10/10 WOULD RECOMMEND
Absolutely Awesome
This app helped inspire ideas just from the amount of stuff in it!
great please keep updated
please keep updated and add more tools
I use the iphone 11
pleas keep
bugs fixed
i like this app
I use the iphone 11
pleas keep
bugs fixed
i like this app
Amazing!
Anyone who writes could benefit from this super helpful app. I mainly use when I am writing FanFiction.
