Creativity can be challenging at the best of times, but its our goal to help you fight through the writer’s and artist’s block to come up with some fun new ideas! Check out this list of character ideas, or our featured group Writing Prompts where you can chat with friends and OCF members to collaborate and come up with even more ideas.
- A librarian discovers a hidden message in an ancient manuscript.
- A street artist who secretly paints murals at night.
- An astronaut who finds something unexpected on the moon.
- A time traveler stuck in a historical period they hate.
- A chef who can taste emotions in the food.
- A detective solving a case in a world where lying is impossible.
- A ghost struggling to communicate with a living relative.
- A musician who discovers their music affects reality.
- A botanist who finds a plant that communicates with them.
- A writer whose fictional characters start appearing in real life.
- A child who realizes they can speak to animals.
- A photographer who captures images of alternate realities.
- A teacher at a school for children with supernatural abilities.
- A hacker who stumbles upon a digital conspiracy.
- A farmer who discovers a buried ancient artifact.
- A journalist interviewing a reclusive, mysterious celebrity.
- A soldier who befriends an enemy during a war.
- A pilot navigating a storm in another dimension.
- A scientist experimenting with dream manipulation.
- A historian who can see the past by touching objects.
- A vampire trying to live a normal human life.
- A mechanic who discovers an alien spaceship.
- A politician with a secret identity as a vigilante.
- An archaeologist who uncovers a portal to another time.
- A diver exploring an undiscovered underwater city.
- A gamer who gets transported into a game world.
- A con artist who starts to experience the lives they’re imitating.
- A dancer who magically influences people with their movements.
- A survivalist in a post-apocalyptic world facing a new society.
- An inventor creating gadgets that defy the laws of physics.
- A park ranger who finds a mythical creature in the forest.
- A doctor who can diagnose illness just by touch.
- A lawyer who can tell when someone is lying.
- A florist who arranges bouquets that affect people’s moods.
- A treasure hunter decoding an ancient civilization’s secrets.
- A firefighter who can control fire.
- A therapist to superheroes, dealing with their unique issues.
- A tailor who makes clothes that change the wearer’s destiny.
- A linguist who starts dreaming in a lost language.
- A zoologist who discovers a new intelligent species.
- A composer whose music can open portals to other worlds.
- A mathematician who discovers a formula that predicts the future.
- An architect who designs buildings that defy gravity.
- A stunt double who takes on the identity of a famous actor.
- A mountaineer who finds a hidden world at the mountain peak.
- An antiques dealer who can see the history of objects.
- A meteorologist who can control the weather.
- A bodyguard for supernatural creatures.
- A watchmaker who can manipulate time with their creations.
- A gardener who grows plants in impossible places.
- A sailor who befriends a sea monster.
- A librarian who can enter the world of any book.
- An elderly person who de-ages whenever they laugh.
- A painter whose artwork comes to life.
- A spy who can change their appearance at will.
- A coder who discovers a hidden digital universe.
- A teacher at a school where historical figures are students.
- A ghost hunter who is also a ghost.
- A scientist who accidentally creates a sentient AI.
- A journalist who can travel through time to cover stories.
- A magician whose tricks start becoming real magic.
- A baker whose pastries affect people’s dreams.
- A florist who can grow plants instantaneously.
- A child prodigy detective solving adult crimes.
- A barista who brews potions instead of coffee.
- A fashion designer for intergalactic beings.
- A detective solving crimes in a world without death.
- A city planner for an underground city.
- A sculptor who can sculpt their own dreams.
- An alien disguised as a human in a small town.
- A reality TV show contestant trapped in a game.
- A pilot flying a plane between parallel universes.
- A fitness trainer for supernatural creatures.
- A lawyer representing clients in a fantasy world.
- A musician who can heal with their music.
- A mountain climber on a never-ending mountain.
- A writer whose words manifest in the real world.
- An explorer in a newly discovered ancient city.
- A chef in a restaurant for mythological creatures.
- A counselor for robots gaining consciousness.
- A watchmaker in a town where time moves differently.
- A reality show producer creating shows for other planets.
- A linguist deciphering an alien language.
- A photographer who captures ghostly images.
- A cartoonist whose characters leap off the page.
- A botanist in a world where plants rule.
- A zookeeper in a zoo of extinct animals.
- An actor who starts living the roles they play.
- A vlogger who experiences the lives of their followers.
- A scientist in a world where science is magic.
- A teacher for children with time-traveling abilities.
- A historian who can experience historical events first-hand.
- A detective solving cases in dreams.
- A survival expert in a fantasy wilderness.
- A nurse who works at a hospital for aliens.
- A blacksmith forging weapons with magical properties.
- A graffiti artist whose art can alter reality.
- A filmmaker who discovers their camera can teleport.
- An antique collector whose items hold mystical powers.
- A traveler journeying through different dimensions.