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Explore people in various situations in these character-based creative writing exercises

POWER OF THREE

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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 problem they’re facing? How do they work together to solve it? Write for 20 minutes in any style or form.

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