Build your writing muscles.
Short writing workouts.
Constraint
Write inside the rules. The rules are the weights.
- Six-Word Warm-UpTell a whole story in exactly six words.
- Two-Syllable SprintList 20 different two-syllable words, none of them adjectives.
- Light BenchList 15 different words without the letter shown on screen.
- Twenty-Five RepsTell a story in exactly 25 words.
- Fifty RepsTell a story in exactly 50 words.
- Light WeightsDescribe your morning in 60 to 80 words, using no word longer than two syllables.
- Short RepsWrite 80 to 120 words where no sentence is longer than ten words.
- No CrutchesDescribe a meal in 80 to 120 words without a single adverb.
- Raw LiftDescribe a person in 80 to 120 words without a single adjective.
- Heavy BenchWrite at least 50 words without the letter shown on screen.
- Three-Point CircuitWrite a scene of 100 to 150 words that uses the three words shown on screen.
- Pick Up the BarBegin with the classic opening line shown on screen and write at least 100 more words.
- Hundred-Rep SetTell a story in exactly 100 words, with no adverbs.
- Full BodyWrite 150 to 250 words with no adverbs, no adjectives, and no word over two syllables.
- Max OutTell a story in exactly 100 words with no adverbs, no adjectives, and no word over two syllables.
Fill-in
Fill the blanks. Every blank is a rep.
- Morning StretchFill four blanks to describe a very strange morning.
- Mystery MenuFill five blanks to write tonight's special at a strange restaurant.
- Weather ReportFill five blanks to forecast your mood for the day.
- Echo CanyonFill three blanks and hear what the canyon says back.
- Lost and FoundFill six blanks to write a lost-pet poster for something that isn't a pet.
- Dear NeighborFill six blanks to write a polite complaint about something absurd.
- Tag TeamFill eight blanks to tell an old myth, one line at a time.
- Alliteration CircuitFill eight blanks, each starting with the letter shown on screen.
- One-Beat PoemFill eight blanks using only one-syllable words.
- Max Out: Fill-InFill ten blanks with short words that all start with the letter shown on screen.
Blackout
Find the poem hiding in someone else's page.
- Best of TimesKeep 8 to 15 words to make a poem from this famous opening.
- Down the Rabbit HoleKeep 10 to 20 words to make a poem from Alice's fall.
- Call MeKeep 10 to 20 words, including the word shown on screen.
- Spring CleaningKeep 8 to 16 words, avoiding the letter shown on screen.
- Against the CurrentKeep exactly 12 words, none longer than two syllables.
- Max Out: BlackoutKeep exactly 10 words, each one syllable.
Your progress is saved in this browser only. Clearing your browser data erases it.