Review of the Penguin Book of Oulipo, plus a course I'm running on the subject - UPDATED
Great techniques for dealing with writer's block, as well as just plain fun!
How do you deal with writer’s block? Chances are you follow the advice of the experts who advocate free writing: just write the first thing that comes into your head, and see what happens. But how about adopting a strategy that is diametrically opposed to this: using constraints?
It sounds counter-intuitive, but imposing a restriction is likely to lead t…
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