I honestly just think of a main scenario, then i generate an image and then I just keep writing and REWRITING A LOT, until I like the outcome, which honestly can take hours, but it’s worth the hours of pain you put into it..

an advice i can give is to have a clear setting in your head. once you have the setting and you have imagined your character's appearence, the writing and imagination flows naturally.

i dunno.. i hate hate hate hate HATE writing the first message (usually because im bad at it). but i usually have a scenario in mind so I like describe what the character is doing/thinking/etc before. im bad at explaining oof

Generally, when I write the first message, I try to set the stage for the character's vibe right away: How they carry themselves, how they react, and what's going on in their head. A few small internal thoughts can go a long way in showing the personality you want, even before the user gets deep into the conversation. It's like giving them a little movie trailer of your bot uwu

I'm a bit weird... I find it easiest to think of a plot once I know which image I'm gonna use for the character. I try to make the image relevant to the scene.

Idk if I'm the best person to help you with this because i always leave the initial message for last. I'm terrible at thinking about it 😭 but I think that as you make the bot, the ideas just come to you