A floating bakery tied to the ground with colored ribbons.
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- 01Which detail will be your focal point?
- 02How would changing the viewpoint change the story?
- 03What could you simplify while keeping the idea recognizable?
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A fern growing through the keys of an abandoned piano.
3 follow-up questions
- Which detail will be your focal point?
- How would changing the viewpoint change the story?
- What could you simplify while keeping the idea recognizable?
A fox operating a quiet late-night bookstore.
3 follow-up questions
- Which detail will be your focal point?
- How would changing the viewpoint change the story?
- What could you simplify while keeping the idea recognizable?
A floating bakery tied to the ground with colored ribbons.
3 follow-up questions
- Which detail will be your focal point?
- How would changing the viewpoint change the story?
- What could you simplify while keeping the idea recognizable?
A well-used key beside the door it no longer opens.
3 follow-up questions
- Which detail will be your focal point?
- How would changing the viewpoint change the story?
- What could you simplify while keeping the idea recognizable?
A person waiting for a train with a plant as tall as they are.
3 follow-up questions
- Which detail will be your focal point?
- How would changing the viewpoint change the story?
- What could you simplify while keeping the idea recognizable?
A laundromat at dusk with one bright red sock in the window.
3 follow-up questions
- Which detail will be your focal point?
- How would changing the viewpoint change the story?
- What could you simplify while keeping the idea recognizable?
The feeling of almost remembering a word, using only shapes.
3 follow-up questions
- Which detail will be your focal point?
- How would changing the viewpoint change the story?
- What could you simplify while keeping the idea recognizable?
A breakfast table after someone has left in a hurry.
3 follow-up questions
- Which detail will be your focal point?
- How would changing the viewpoint change the story?
- What could you simplify while keeping the idea recognizable?
A house designed around one enormous existing tree.
3 follow-up questions
- Which detail will be your focal point?
- How would changing the viewpoint change the story?
- What could you simplify while keeping the idea recognizable?
A retired knight who now repairs musical instruments.
3 follow-up questions
- Which detail will be your focal point?
- How would changing the viewpoint change the story?
- What could you simplify while keeping the idea recognizable?
The view from inside a grocery bag on the way home.
3 follow-up questions
- Which detail will be your focal point?
- How would changing the viewpoint change the story?
- What could you simplify while keeping the idea recognizable?
An entire landscape made from one continuous line.
3 follow-up questions
- Which detail will be your focal point?
- How would changing the viewpoint change the story?
- What could you simplify while keeping the idea recognizable?
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