Plot Ideas

Idea Generator for Writers

This game's intent is to stimulate ideas for plots.

The plot ideas may be for books, poems, chapters within books, short stories, movies — wherever a writer can use a plot.

The plot idea will appear here. (Tap button below.)

Changing the Selection Items

Here are the items for random selection. You may edit the items for your current visit at this web page. To edit, tap inside a list‑of‑items box and type.

swinging
brilliant
salty
hilarious
sensitive
doddering
henpecked
dedicated
thoughtful
heavy

girl cowhand
little boy
scientist
lawyer
town marshal
dentist
bus driver
jungle man
secret agent
collie

who is

a whiz
a flop
mediocre
a success
a disaster

solving crimes
roping cows
cooking health food
pitching woo
protecting ecology
helping children
two-fisted drinking
fighting fires
herding elephants
winning races

and who

recovers the jewels
foils the spies
destroys the city
finds love
saves the animals
confesses
discovers the secret
stops the flood
helps the dog
makes the sacrifice

When this page loads, it populates the editable selection items with the items of the original game.

The original game was named "TV Plot" and written in BASIC, published during year 1980 in More BASIC Computer Games by Creative Computing Press. The BASIC program listing for "TV Plot" is online.