As writers, we all face some form of writer’s block — or sometimes we just want an “easier” side project while we wait for our manuscripts to stew. That’s why I created The Story Oracle, a free story generator designed to spark fresh story ideas, plots, and writing inspiration.
It works as both a story generator and a story prompt generator, giving you the premise of a story with just a few clicks. You can turn your generated idea into a short story, novella, novel, or anything else that pleases your creative heart.
Simply select your main genre and subgenre, then summon your story. Or, if you prefer a surprise, choose the random story generator option and let fate decide.
Have fun exploring new ideas.
Story Oracle
Summon a story and see what you get.
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If you don’t like the story prompt you get, please try again. Click as many times as you need to.
No AI – Why This Story Generator is AI Free
The Story Oracle doesn’t use AI to generate story ideas. Ever! Every element is coded through JS, HTML, and CSS, by myself. All the reel inputs are written by myself or given suggestions by my readers. This way it keeps it completely human. I built it this way to inspire your creativity, not replace it.
AI is taking over the writing space, and like a lot of us, I am not here for it. Tools that use AI to generate the same story ideas have a flat tone and are the most predictable. Because it’s not random. AI uses other’s work to build entries and give you a story idea. My code’s story generator gives you prompts with personality and room for your own voice and creativity.
If you want a breakdown of why AI is terrible at writing stories and whether or not it can write an entire book, see my post here.
Story Prompt generator FAQ’s
Yes! They are yours to use as you wish
No! I use HTML, CSS and JavaScript to make and update the story prompt generator. All reels have been manually entered into the code.
We love seeing our story prompt generator help writers. Currently, the engine is still being developed, but we will be working on a simple embeddable widget and API, once the code is complete. This will allow bloggers, coaches and anyone to have this engine on their site.
I try to add more entries every week. Including new genres and subgenres and the reel information.
Absolutely! I have left the comments open on this page so you can request right here and now. No need to go through the contact form. Format the comment as below:
Request – [Genre/ subgenre/ reel]
[Your suggestion]
Of course. My Generator is free to use on my site page. Just ensure to credit the site.
Unfortunately not at this moment in time. I would love to create an app for this purpose. Hopefully in the near future.
For updates on the Story Prompt Generator go here. Or if you have any questions not covered in the FAQ’s, please do not hesitate to contact me through the contact form.
I am also not the only person who has a story prompt generator. Here are a list of others who provide Story Prompts with no AI:
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