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constrained writing: a standalone construct

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writing generated under a formal rule chosen in advance, such as a lipogram, with the constraint used as a source of invention.

In poetics, constrained writing refers to writing generated under a formal rule chosen in advance, such as a lipogram, with the constraint used as a source of invention. This meaning comes from Motte (1986) in Oulipo.[1]

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References

  1. Motte, W. F. (1986). Oulipo. University of Nebraska Press. ISBN 9780803230965

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