The one-colour scene — a room for one change

Original flash fiction · Invented characters · Originality through constraints

Eli wrote a sentence on the workshop board: “A drawing relies on many colours to separate objects.” Nobody laughed. It was exactly the problem they had been avoiding.

A visitor added a suggestion beneath it: “Try one colour and use spacing or line weight to create distinction.” Eli read it twice, then tried it on just one small part of the work.

The next morning the board was still untidy. One corner, however, showed an actual attempt instead of another promise.