Human writers like to distinguish their writing from AI-generated text is several ways. One of the important differences is that human writers have empathy, and empathy is crucial when creating our characters. But if you google using the search words “ai empathy map generator” you will get a long list of companies offering this tool. Mostly used by companies to better understand their customers, this claim is made: https://blog.hubspot.com/service/empathy-map That last line sounds an awfully lot like what writers create when they create characters. Does this tool have any sound application for writers?
In my particular case, I would have to say, no, I will never use it. I like to create my own personalities and figure out their motivations myself. I'd like my characters to be a reflection of my understanding of things.
I tried the free empathy map generator at https://flowgpt.com/p/empathy-maps-creator Give it a try! It will first ask you about an experience you would like to share: It takes you through a series of questions, and generates an empathy map that sorts your answers into the following: feelings, thoughts, actions, pains and gains. For my initial experience, I cited the death of my husband. In the final analysis, it did not provide any insight, only regurgitated the info I had input.
I used the empathy map generator at flowgpt to see how it might be used in character generation. The prompt I gave it: Emma, 30 years old, is a high-income, busy professional who faces a tough decision. Should she give it all up for a cowboy from Wyoming? Here is the answer I got:
