Oulipo
Oulipo was a group of French writers and mathematicians in the 1960’s who worked from restraints, creating Constrained Writing. Famous examples include George Perec’s novel La Disparition where he didn’t use the letter e.
Here’s a few techniques they used:
Examples
- Ross Sutherland’s Imaginary Advice features many examples of Oulipo constraints
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Constrained Writing
Rules can set you free. Sometimes writing about anything can be very difficult. You have anything to chose from after...
Imaginary Advice
Podcast by Ross Sutherland, detailing strange, mostly fictional writing. Each episode is a little experiment, sometimes following [[Oulipo]] constraints, sometimes...
Prisoners Constraint
A form of [[Constrained Writing]] invented by the [[Oulipo]] group in the 1960’s. The aim is to avoid letters that...