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Tried a 100-word flash fiction challenge and it completely broke my writing process

I did a 100-word sci-fi prompt last Tuesday and spent 4 hours agonizing over every single word, way longer than my usual 1500-word stories. Has anyone else found that strict limits actually make you more stuck, not more creative?
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tessawebb
tessawebb22h ago
Used to think constraints were supposed to help, but yeah, that 100-word thing had me second-guessing every comma. It made me realize I'd rather write bad words fast and fix them later than try to be perfect from the start.
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gonzalez.phoenix
Maybe the real challenge is unlearning how to edit yourself.
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