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POWER OF THREE

Write about a positive scenario involving three people.

The old cliché is that three’s a crowd, but good writing is all about dodging cliché. So for this exercise, think of or create a set-up where three people are in harmony and work together to provide a solution to an outside dilemma. Who are your trio? What are their individual personalities, and how do they complement each other? What is the

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