Give me a rule that makes my next piece harder and more fun.

Three creative constraints aimed at your rut, and one turned into a short exercise.


When to use
When everything you make has started to look like the last thing you made.
Time
5 min

The prompt

I make , and lately each one looks like the last: . I don’t want ideas for what to make. I want constraints: rules that force me somewhere new. Give me three, each from a different direction: one that takes away something I lean on, one borrowed from another art form, and one that leaves part of the work to chance. For each, say in a sentence why it might shake this particular rut. Then pick the one I’m most likely to dodge, and turn it into an exercise I can finish in , with a clear rule for when I’m done. Keep it playful. Nothing I make here has to be good.

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