Mad Libs program

Question

My code creates a Mad Libs program. Its a prewritten story that you fill in blindly. There are 4 pages of 7 entry boxs and labels. When the inputs are in and next is pressed it saves inputs as variables that it puts in the story and changes the labels. When all blanks have been written in. An info box pops up with the story. Back is a wip as i can't figure out how to insert text into an entry box in a function. Is there any way I could reduce the code yet work just as efficiently? Also, is there anything I could add to make the experience more convenient like adding helpful buttons or function?

from tkinter import *
from tkinter import messagebox
root = Tk()
root.title("Mad Libs: Action Movie")
x = 0
#para is the paragraph %s is variable
Para = '''%s is a normal %s. Then, one day, a %s explodes, causing a %s to blow up, and a nearby %s erupts into a %s of flames.%s realizes that he's being chased by the government, who's trying to %s him. While on the run, he teams up with an incredibly attractive woman named %s, who has an incredible %s. She may be from the streets, but she can %s like nobody's buisness. The duo decide to turn tables on their pursuers by blowing up a %s, which triggers a chain reaction, causing the local %s, %s, and %s to explode. Then, the bad guys' helicopter gets %s by a piece of %s from when the %s exploded, and the helicopter explodes and falls onto a %s, causing it to %s, which shoots a fireball straight into the heart of %s and destroys the bad guy leader. Everything is %s and the two decide that such a %s ordeal has caused them to fall in %s with each other. They decide to celebrate by %s on the %s,and they even managed to use a %s from the beginning of the movie, to %s the whole story together.'''
l1 = Label(root, text="Man's Name")
l1.pack(side='top', fill='none', expand=False, padx=0, pady=4)#padx and pady change button location
e1 = Entry(root)
e1.pack(side='top', fill='none', expand=False, padx=1, pady=4)#labels and entry boxs
l2 = Label(root, text="Occupation")
l2.pack(side='top', fill='none', expand=False, padx=4, pady=4)
e2 = Entry(root)
e2.pack(side='top', fill='none', expand=False, padx=5, pady=4)
l3 = Label(root, text="Noun")
l3.pack(side='top', fill='none', expand=False, padx=8, pady=4)
e3 = Entry(root)
e3.pack(side='top', fill='none', expand=False, padx=9, pady=4)
l4 = Label(root, text="Noun")
l4.pack(side='top', fill='none', expand=False, padx=12, pady=4)
e4 = Entry(root)
e4.pack(side='top', fill='none', expand=False, padx=13, pady=4)
l5 = Label(root, text="Noun")
l5.pack(side='top', fill='none', expand=False, padx=16, pady=4)
e5 = Entry(root)
e5.pack(side='top', fill='none', expand=False, padx=17, pady=4)
l6 = Label(root, text="Shape")
l6.pack(side='top', fill='none', expand=False, padx=20, pady=4)
e6 = Entry(root)
e6.pack(side='top', fill='none', expand=False, padx=21, pady=4)
l7 = Label(root, text="Man's Name")
l7.pack(side='top', fill='none', expand=False, padx=24, pady=8)
e7 = Entry(root)
e7.pack(side='top', fill='none', expand=False, padx=25, pady=4)
root.geometry('500x500')
LN = Label(root, text="1 of 4")
LN.pack(side='bottom', fill='none', expand=False, padx=20, pady=4)
MN1 = ' '#defining variables
O1 = ' '
N1 = ' '
N2 = ' '
N3 = ' '
S1 = ' '
MN2 = ' '
V1 = ' '
WN1 = ' '
BP1 = ' '
V2 = ' '
N4 = ' '
N5 = ' '
RN1 = ' '
HM1 = ' '
V3 = ' '
N6 = ' '
N7 = ' '
N8 = ' '
V4 = ' '
N9 = ' '
A1 = ' '
A2 = ' '
E1 = ' '
V5 = ' '
N10 = ' '
N11 = ' '
V6 = ' '
def Next():
 global x
 global MN1
 global O1 
 global N1
 global N2
 global N3
 global S1
 global MN2
 global V1
 global WN1
 global BP1
 global V2
 global N4
 global N5
 global RN1
 global HM1
 global V3
 global N6
 global N7
 global N8
 global V4
 global N9
 global A1
 global A2
 global E1
 global V5
 global N10
 global N11
 global V6
 x = x
 if x == 0:
 l1["text"]="Verb"#7 changes text
 l2["text"]="Woman's Name"#8
 l3["text"]="Body Part"#9
 l4["text"]="Verb"#10
 l5["text"]="Noun"#11
 l6["text"]="Noun"#12
 l7["text"]="Restaurant Name"#13
 MN1 = e1.get()#saves previous variable
 O1 = e2.get()
 N1 = e3.get()
 N2 = e4.get()
 N3 = e5.get()
 S1 = e6.get()
 MN2 = e7.get()
 LN["text"]="2 of 4"
 Bck.pack(side='left')
 elif x == 1:
 l1["text"]="Historic Monument"#14
 l2["text"]="Verb Ending In ED"#15
 l3["text"]="Noun"#16
 l4["text"]="Noun"#17
 l5["text"]="Noun"#18
 l6["text"]="Verb"#19
 l7["text"]="Noun"#20
 V1 = e1.get()
 WN1 = e2.get()
 BP1 = e3.get()
 V2 = e4.get()
 N4 = e5.get()
 N5 = e6.get()
 RN1 = e7.get()
 LN["text"]="3 of 4"
 else:
 l1["text"]="Adjective"#21
 l2["text"]="Adjective"#22
 l3["text"]="Emotion"#23
 l4["text"]="Verb Ending In Ing"#24
 l5["text"]="Noun"#25
 l6["text"]="Noun"#26
 l7["text"]="Verb"#27 
 HM1 = e1.get()
 V3 = e2.get()
 N6 = e3.get()
 N7 = e4.get()
 N8 = e5.get()
 V4 = e6.get()
 N9 = e7.get()
 LN["text"]="4 of 4"
 Nxt.configure(text='Submit', command=Submit)# changes next to make it Submit when at end
 root.update()
 e1.delete(0, END)#clears input
 e2.delete(0, END)
 e3.delete(0, END)
 e4.delete(0, END)
 e5.delete(0, END)
 e6.delete(0, END)
 e7.delete(0, END)
 if x <= 3:#stops variable from increasing tooo far
 x = x+1
x = x#restates x as the value that next has increased it to
def Back():
 global x
 global MN1
 global O1 
 global N1
 global N2
 global N3
 global S1
 global MN2
 global V1
 global WN1
 global BP1
 global V2
 global N4
 global N5
 global RN1
 global HM1
 global V3
 global N6
 global N7
 global N8
 global V4
 global N9
 global A1
 global A2
 global E1
 global V5
 global N10
 global N11
 global V6
 x = x
 if x == 1:
 l1["text"]="Man's Name"#7 changes text only since variables will be changed by next
 l2["text"]="Occupation"#8
 l3["text"]="Noun"#9
 l4["text"]="Noun"#10
 l5["text"]="Noun"#11
 l6["text"]="Shape"#12
 l7["text"]="Man's Name"#13
 LN["text"]="1 of 4"
 Bck.pack_forget()
 elif x == 2:
 l1["text"]="Verb"#7
 l2["text"]="Woman's Name"#8
 l3["text"]="Body Part"#9
 l4["text"]="Verb"#10
 l5["text"]="Noun"#11
 l6["text"]="Noun"#12
 l7["text"]="Restaurant Name"#13
 LN["text"]="2 of 4"
 elif x == 3:
 l1["text"]="Historic Monument"#14
 l2["text"]="Verb Ending In ED"#15
 l3["text"]="Noun"#16
 l4["text"]="Noun"#17
 l5["text"]="Noun"#18
 l6["text"]="Verb"#19
 l7["text"]="Noun"#20
 LN["text"]="3 of 4"
 else:
 pass
 root.update()
 Nxt.configure(text='Next', command=Next)# just in case Next is Submit
 if x >= 1:# stops back from going toooo low
 x = x-1
 e1.delete(0, END)
 e2.delete(0, END)
 e3.delete(0, END)
 e4.delete(0, END)
 e5.delete(0, END)
 e6.delete(0, END)
 e7.delete(0, END)
def Submit():
 global Para
 global A1
 global A2
 global E1
 global V5
 global N10
 global N11
 global V6
 x = x
 A1 = e1.get()#gets final variables
 A2 = e2.get()
 E1 = e3.get()
 V5 = e4.get()
 N10 = e5.get()
 N11 = e6.get()
 V6 = e7.get() 
 #takes Para and fills in %s with variables chronologicaly
 messagebox.showinfo("Story", Para % (MN1, O1, N1, N2, N3, S1, MN2, V1, WN1, BP1, V2, N4, N5, RN1, HM1, V3, N6, N7, N8, V4, N9, A1, A2, E1, V5, N10, N11, V6))
 root.update()
Nxt = Button(root, text="Next", command=Next)#buttons
Nxt.pack(side='right')
Bck = Button(root, text="Back", command=Back)
Bck.pack(side='left')
Bck.pack_forget()
root.mainloop()

• forsvarir: What do you mean by 'make the experience more convenient'?
• PLP123: Basically like insert previously entered text when back is hit or another button to restart or something like that.
• Simon Forsberg: This question is incomplete. To help reviewers give you better answers, please add sufficient context to your question. The more you tell us about what your code does and what the purpose of doing that is, the easier it will be for reviewers to help you. Questions should include a description of what the code does

Answer 1

1. Redundancy: the second line is completely unnecessary. Your first import already imports everything of the tkinter module, including messagebox.

2. Clarity: I suggest to put every widget and function/method in a class like this:

   class GUI():
    def __init__(self, master):
    self.master = master # root
    self.master.title("Mad Libs: Action Movie")
    self.x = 0
    self.Para = '''%s is a normal %s. Then, one day, a %s explodes,
    causing a %s to blow up, and a nearby %s erupts into a %s of
    flames.%s realizes that he's being chased by the government,
    who's trying to %s him. While on the run, he teams up with an
    incredibly attractive woman named %s, who has an incredible %s.
    She may be from the streets, but she can %s like nobody's
    buisness. The duo decide to turn tables on their pursuers by
    blowing up a %s, which triggers a chain reaction, causing the
    local %s, %s, and %s to explode. Then, the bad guys' helicopter
    gets %s by a piece of %s from when the %s exploded, and the
    helicopter explodes and falls onto a %s, causing it to %s, which
    shoots a fireball straight into the heart of %s and destroys the
    bad guy leader. Everything is %s and the two decide that such a
    %s ordeal has caused them to fall in %s with each other. They
    decide to celebrate by %s on the %s,and they even managed to use
    a %s from the beginning of the movie, to %s the whole story
    together.'''
    self.l1 = Label(self.master, text="Man's Name")
    self.l1.pack(side='top', fill='none', expand=False, padx=0, pady=4) #padx and pady change button location
    self.e1 = Entry(self.master)
    self.e1.pack(side='top', fill='none', expand=False, padx=1, pady=4) #labels and entry boxs
    self.l2 = Label(self.master, text="Occupation")
    self.l2.pack(side='top', fill='none', expand=False, padx=4, pady=4)
    self.e2 = Entry(self.master)
    self.e2.pack(side='top', fill='none', expand=False, padx=5, pady=4)
    self.l3 = Label(self.master, text="Noun")
    self.l3.pack(side='top', fill='none', expand=False, padx=8, pady=4)
    self.e3 = Entry(self.master)
    self.e3.pack(side='top', fill='none', expand=False, padx=9, pady=4)
    self.l4 = Label(self.master, text="Noun")
    self.l4.pack(side='top', fill='none', expand=False, padx=12, pady=4)
    self.e4 = Entry(self.master)
    self.e4.pack(side='top', fill='none', expand=False, padx=13, pady=4)
    self.l5 = Label(self.master, text="Noun")
    self.l5.pack(side='top', fill='none', expand=False, padx=16, pady=4)
    self.e5 = Entry(self.master)
    self.e5.pack(side='top', fill='none', expand=False, padx=17, pady=4)
    self.l6 = Label(self.master, text="Shape")
    self.l6.pack(side='top', fill='none', expand=False, padx=20, pady=4)
    selfe6 = Entry(self.master)
    self.e6.pack(side='top', fill='none', expand=False, padx=21, pady=4)
    self.l7 = Label(self.master, text="Man's Name")
    self.l7.pack(side='top', fill='none', expand=False, padx=24, pady=8)
    self.e7 = Entry(self.master)
    self.e7.pack(side='top', fill='none', expand=False, padx=25, pady=4)
    self.master.geometry('500x500')
    self.LN = Label(self.master, text="1 of 4")
    self.LN.pack(side='bottom', fill='none', expand=False, padx=20, pady=4)
    self.MN1 = ' ' #defining variables
    self.O1 = ' '
    self.N1 = ' '
    self.N2 = ' '
    self.N3 = ' '
    self.S1 = ' '
    self.MN2 = ' '
    self.V1 = ' '
    self.WN1 = ' '
    self.BP1 = ' '
    self.V2 = ' '
    self.N4 = ' '
    self.N5 = ' '
    self.RN1 = ' '
    self.HM1 = ' '
    self.V3 = ' '
    self.N6 = ' '
    self.N7 = ' '
    self.N8 = ' '
    self.V4 = ' '
    self.N9 = ' '
    self.A1 = ' '
    self.A2 = ' '
    self.E1 = ' '
    self.V5 = ' '
    self.N10 = ' '
    self.N11 = ' '
    self.V6 = ' '
    self.Nxt = Button(self.master, text="Next", command=self.Next) #buttons
    self.Nxt.pack(side='right')
    self.Bck = Button(self.master, text="Back", command=self.Back)
    self.Bck.pack(side='left')
    self.Bck.pack_forget()
    def Next(self):
    if self.x == 0:
    self.l1["text"]="Verb" #7 changes text
    self.l2["text"]="Woman's Name" #8
    self.l3["text"]="Body Part" #9
    self.l4["text"]="Verb" #10
    self.l5["text"]="Noun" #11
    self.l6["text"]="Noun" #12
    self.l7["text"]="Restaurant Name" #13
    self.MN1 = self.e1.get() #saves previous variable
    self.O1 = self.e2.get()
    self.N1 = self.e3.get()
    self.N2 = self.e4.get()
    self.N3 = self.e5.get()
    self.S1 = self.e6.get()
    self.MN2 = self.e7.get()
    self.LN["text"]="2 of 4"
    self.Bck.pack(side='left')
    elif self.x == 1:
    self.l1["text"]="Historic Monument" #14
    self.l2["text"]="Verb Ending In ED" #15
    self.l3["text"]="Noun" #16
    self.l4["text"]="Noun" #17
    self.l5["text"]="Noun" #18
    self.l6["text"]="Verb" #19
    self.l7["text"]="Noun" #20
    self.V1 = self.e1.get()
    self.WN1 = self.e2.get()
    self.BP1 = self.e3.get()
    self.V2 = self.e4.get()
    self.N4 = self.e5.get()
    self.N5 = self.e6.get()
    self.RN1 = self.e7.get()
    self.LN["text"]="3 of 4"
    else:
    self.l1["text"]="Adjective" #21
    self.l2["text"]="Adjective" #22
    self.l3["text"]="Emotion" #23
    self.l4["text"]="Verb Ending In Ing" #24
    self.l5["text"]="Noun" #25
    self.l6["text"]="Noun" #26
    self.l7["text"]="Verb" #27 
    self.HM1 = self.e1.get()
    self.V3 = self.e2.get()
    self.N6 = self.e3.get()
    self.N7 = self.e4.get()
    self.N8 = self.e5.get()
    self.V4 = self.e6.get()
    self.N9 = self.e7.get()
    self.LN["text"]="4 of 4"
    self.Nxt.configure(text='Submit', command=Submit) # changes next to make it Submit when at end
    self.master.update()
    self.e1.delete(0, END) #clears input
    self.e2.delete(0, END)
    self.e3.delete(0, END)
    self.e4.delete(0, END)
    self.e5.delete(0, END)
    self.e6.delete(0, END)
    self.e7.delete(0, END)
    if self.x <= 3: #stops variable from increasing tooo far
    self.x = self.x+1 # better: self.x += 1
    def Back(self):
    if self.x == 1:
    self.l1["text"] = "Man's Name" #7 changes text only since variables will be changed by next
    self.l2["text"]="Occupation" #8
    self.l3["text"]="Noun" #9
    self.l4["text"]="Noun" #10
    self.l5["text"]="Noun" #11
    self.l6["text"]="Shape" #12
    self.l7["text"]="Man's Name" #13
    self.LN["text"]="1 of 4"
    self.Bck.pack_forget()
    elif self.x == 2:
    self.l1["text"]="Verb" #7
    self.l2["text"]="Woman's Name" #8
    self.l3["text"]="Body Part" #9
    self.l4["text"]="Verb" #10
    self.l5["text"]="Noun" #11
    self.l6["text"]="Noun" #12
    self.l7["text"]="Restaurant Name" #13
    self.LN["text"]="2 of 4"
    elif self.x == 3:
    self.l1["text"]="Historic Monument" #14
    self.l2["text"]="Verb Ending In ED" #15
    self.l3["text"]="Noun" #16
    self.l4["text"]="Noun" #17
    self.l5["text"]="Noun" #18
    self.l6["text"]="Verb" #19
    self.l7["text"]="Noun" #20
    self.LN["text"]="3 of 4"
    else:
    pass
    self.master.update()
    self.Nxt.configure(text='Next', command=Next) # just in case Next is Submit
    if self.x >= 1: # stops back from going toooo low
    self.x = self.x-1 # better: self.x -= 1
    self.e1.delete(0, END)
    self.e2.delete(0, END)
    self.e3.delete(0, END)
    self.e4.delete(0, END)
    self.e5.delete(0, END)
    self.e6.delete(0, END)
    self.e7.delete(0, END)
    def Submit(self):
    self.A1 = self.e1.get() #gets final variables
    self.A2 = self.e2.get()
    self.E1 = self.e3.get()
    self.V5 = self.e4.get()
    self.N10 = self.e5.get()
    self.N11 = self.e6.get()
    self.V6 = self.e7.get() 
    #takes Para and fills in %s with variables chronologicaly
    messagebox.showinfo("Story", Para % (MN1, O1, N1, N2, N3, S1, MN2, V1, WN1, BP1, V2, N4, N5, RN1, HM1, V3, N6, N7, N8, V4, N9, A1, A2, E1, V5, N10, N11, V6))
    self.master.update()
   

3. Create a main function (like in C and C++ programs):

   def main():
    root = Tk()
    app = GUI(root) # app.master and root are synonyms now
    app.master.mainloop() # You also often see root.mainloop(), but in my opinion this is clearer
   

4. Call the main function in an if-statement (that's necessary if you want to import this file in another Python script without running the main function:

   if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()
   

5. Don't stop improving your code. There are probably still a lot more things to do better (such as giving your variables self-explaining names).