I think it's more that content is hard. My random generator linked above already pulls from all the top tropes from TV Tropes, but it still seems repetitive. There's an awfully high proportion of stories starring a deadpan snarker or a stubbornly optimistic heroine, but these roles and personalities in a vacuum are not enough to make them unique.
Latest experiments show that details help a lot. Quality went up a lot when I moved from "they" to "him/her". And it went up even more when I had several different types of text describing the same feature. So maybe the missing link isn't just generating better skeletons, but rather different ways of saying the same thing. After all, there are a million fantasy worlds out there. All romances are the same archetypes. But some stand out more than others.
I think it's more that content is hard. My random generator linked above already pulls from all the top tropes from TV Tropes, but it still seems repetitive. There's an awfully high proportion of stories starring a deadpan snarker or a stubbornly optimistic heroine, but these roles and personalities in a vacuum are not enough to make them unique.
Latest experiments show that details help a lot. Quality went up a lot when I moved from "they" to "him/her". And it went up even more when I had several different types of text describing the same feature. So maybe the missing link isn't just generating better skeletons, but rather different ways of saying the same thing. After all, there are a million fantasy worlds out there. All romances are the same archetypes. But some stand out more than others.