Character Generator

 

For this week’s app about characters, we’ll go one step further in complexity. Two weeks ago, it was just a pic. Last week, we got to change our character’s faces. This week, we are going without a net, I mean, pictures. I found a great character generator that gives us wonderful details—https://www.character-generator.org.uk/

This site has several generators. When you click on the link, the page shows various detail levels for characters. You can make a profile, a quick character, a detailed profile, biography, personality, reference chart, sexuality, and cause of death. Below this list are other generators. We’ll come back for the plot one.

Let’s start with a Profile. Click the icon, and the site moves you to a page with a list of questions. They ask you to keep it family-friendly. You can select Randomly Fill or add details to each prompt. They ask for names, sex, age, socio-economic class, education, and positive and negative traits. For many of them, you can individually get a suggestion. If you don’t like the answer, hit Suggest again. Once all the fields are completed, click Write Me a Profile. And wow! Check out the results.

The website generates a quick profile with amazing details. Scroll down to get even more information, such as basics, personality, physical characteristics, employment, background, and political views. Some information won’t jive with your thinking, but it’s inspiring. For example, using complete suggestions, I got Jenny, the Dominican personal trainer obsessed with tank tops. I wouldn’t have created that one on my own. The level of detail is epic.

If you hit publish, other users can view your creation, vote it up or down, and make comments. Copy the link and send it to your betas, critique group, or writing buddy to see if they like your new character. You can also share through social media—Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, Pinterest, and Tumblr. Just sign into those sites to share. If you don’t publish your creation, the site only saves the data for ten minutes.

Need to make the next one or start over? Check out the menus at the top of the page. Popular has a few choices, but Profiles has everything from the initial page, except for Cause of Death. That’s found on the More menu.

Quick profile will be totally random but allow you to create several at once. Type in the number of people you need and click Write Me a Profile. You won’t get tons of details, but enough to start.

Detailed Profile has the same as Profile but adds details for friends, parents, former partners, and a timeline of the person’s life.

Reference chart only has the details without a bio narrative. You can learn tons of info about your character without having their story written for you. If you have an idea for a character but need more details, this part is great.

Cause of Death again allows users to pick details or have them suggested. The results are the age, probable cause, and noteworthy funeral attendants. Also, this section still gives basic info for the character in the present. You can play with their death as a known.

You may find that the site works best for background characters. You might already know your mains, but need a new type of quirky best friend or neighbor. The site gives interesting combos of lifestyles, characteristics, and body shapes.

Playing with this site can add rich detail to your current characters or generate brand new ones. If you don’t give yourself a time limit, you’ll be there for hours.