Post by Yvu on Apr 1, 2016 16:58:27 GMT
A lot of people have trouble coming up with prompt/plot ideas and so I thought I would do a little piece on things you can do to get inspired. Feel free to take and use any prompts I write either in this thread or my searching thread.
#1 - Fan-based
Most role players are also readers or enjoy some kind of show or movie. One of the best ways to think of a prompt is to consider fictional worlds you already know about and dream up of other things that could take place in that world.
Lets start with one nearly all of us know at least some about: Harry Potter. The story itself mainly focuses on what Harry and the gang does in school. There are a million other facets of the world we know about and many others that we can make up based on what we do know.
Ron's older brother is a dragon expert, a role play about two dragon experts trying to find a very rare dragon would be interesting. If you like conflict, maybe one person plays the dragon conservationist and another a poacher.
We could go the route of divination. Maybe you are one of the people that keeps up with the prophesies in the ministry and you hear something that needs instant attention, but you don't know how to get others to help. Maybe it tells you that your partner's character will become the most evil person if they don't experience friendship so you have to go try to be their friend. Endless possibilities.
The point is to take an existing fictional world and look at it through another lens. You'll find prompt gold there somewhere.
#2 - Pictures
This is one of my favorite, though I've not done any in a while. Go to Deviant Art and look at some of the top images of the day. Pick one out and try to think of a story that either led to this moment or will come from this moment. Picture prompts are usually simple ones, but offer a lot of possibility.
This picture, while beautiful, can tell a story. Ask yourself questions about it. Who are these two travelers? Where are they headed and why? What is that place? Is it magic or spiritual? What time period?
All of these questions help build the world and the plot. When you make a prompt, you have to have ideas of what the whole world is like, not just what your character might be.
These are just a few tips, I hope they help.
#1 - Fan-based
Most role players are also readers or enjoy some kind of show or movie. One of the best ways to think of a prompt is to consider fictional worlds you already know about and dream up of other things that could take place in that world.
Lets start with one nearly all of us know at least some about: Harry Potter. The story itself mainly focuses on what Harry and the gang does in school. There are a million other facets of the world we know about and many others that we can make up based on what we do know.
Ron's older brother is a dragon expert, a role play about two dragon experts trying to find a very rare dragon would be interesting. If you like conflict, maybe one person plays the dragon conservationist and another a poacher.
We could go the route of divination. Maybe you are one of the people that keeps up with the prophesies in the ministry and you hear something that needs instant attention, but you don't know how to get others to help. Maybe it tells you that your partner's character will become the most evil person if they don't experience friendship so you have to go try to be their friend. Endless possibilities.
The point is to take an existing fictional world and look at it through another lens. You'll find prompt gold there somewhere.
#2 - Pictures
This is one of my favorite, though I've not done any in a while. Go to Deviant Art and look at some of the top images of the day. Pick one out and try to think of a story that either led to this moment or will come from this moment. Picture prompts are usually simple ones, but offer a lot of possibility.
This picture, while beautiful, can tell a story. Ask yourself questions about it. Who are these two travelers? Where are they headed and why? What is that place? Is it magic or spiritual? What time period?
All of these questions help build the world and the plot. When you make a prompt, you have to have ideas of what the whole world is like, not just what your character might be.
These are just a few tips, I hope they help.