Question about using random word generators for story ideas

I used a popular word generator site for a month, getting maybe 50 prompts. Then I tried just walking around my local park for an hour and writing down ten things I saw. The park stuff gave me way better stories because it had real details, like a kid's blue shoe stuck in a tree. The generator words felt empty and forced a plot. Anyone else find that prompts from real life work better for them?

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barbara_hall921d ago

Totally used to swear by generators, but your park story convinced me otherwise!

wells.reese21d ago

Right? What finally broke you on them? I had a neighbor's generator spew smoke all over my laundry on the line last summer.