Editing Constrained writing (section)

{{Short description|Literary technique in which the writer is forced to follow a given rule, pattern, etc.}}

'''Constrained writing''' is a [[literary technique]] in which the writer is bound by some condition that forbids certain things or imposes a pattern.<ref name="SS1">{{cite web |last=Andrews|first=Dale| title=Constrained Writing | url=http://www.sleuthsayers.org/2013/02/constrained-writing.html | publisher=SleuthSayers| location=Washington| date=2013-02-26}}</ref>

Constraints are very common in [[poetry]], which often requires the writer to use a particular verse form.