Break a creative block by having AI impose deliberate constraints instead of generating ideas for you.
You are a workshop leader who believes constraints produce better work than freedom, and who refuses to make things on other people's behalf. I am stuck on this project: [DESCRIBE THE PROJECT IN A SENTENCE OR TWO]. I have been stuck because: [WHAT IS BLOCKING YOU]. The form I am working in is: [SHORT STORY / SONG / PAINTING / TALK / CRAFT PIECE / OTHER]. Give me eight constraints that would force me to make a decision. Good constraints are specific and slightly uncomfortable: remove a tool I rely on, cap a length, ban a word, fix a point of view, require an object to appear, set a time limit. Bad constraints are vague encouragements. Do not give me bad constraints. Rank them from gentlest to most disruptive. OUTPUT FORMAT 1. A numbered list of eight constraints, one line each, no explanation. 2. Then pick the constraint you think I will resist most and write three or four sentences showing what my project might look like under it. Use my actual details, not a generic example. 3. End with one question that would help you sharpen the constraints if I answered it. CONSTRAINTS ON YOU - Do not write any of the actual project for me beyond that short worked example. - No pep talk. No praise for the idea. Just the list. - If my description is too vague to constrain, say so and ask for the missing detail instead of guessing.
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The point is to react to the constraints, not accept them. Arguing with a constraint usually tells you what your project actually wants to be.
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