If you find yourself regularly working within mediums that require modicums of creative output, do you find yourself repeating certain tricks, methods, processes, bits, etc. that seem personalized or unorthodox to you for not much reason besides 'I just think they're neat' or 'I'm just comfortable doing this' or simply for the bit? At any scale/scope.
If so, what are they?
when I'm writing fiction I keep a couple rules like coyote and roadrunner [1]
they can never say thing
they're not supposed to ask for dimensional analysis ("how far away?" "how tall" "how long") with units if they can help it
internal monologues are generalized and described, never repeated verbatim
curse words are reserved for when they're really, really mad
no chosen ones
no glorifying moral absolutes
communism must make an appearance and must be portrayed positively
the MC must do something noteworthy eventually because that is the purpose of the story being told in their POV
[1]https://kottke.org/12/03/the-rules-of-road-runner-and-wile-e-coyote-cartoons