Yes, it is. It’s a magic number. Even the Germans think so: Aller guten Dinge sind drei. All good things come in threes.
The Schoolhouse Rock writer Bob Dorough knew it. Students know it, and if you think in green tones you know the three R’s, different but useful too.
Novelists and lyricists use the ‘rule of three’: Dickens had three spirits visit Scrooge, and some of you may recall Tony letting Dawn know how often to knock on the ceiling. Fairy tales are loaded with threes: the bears, their chairs, the pigs, their digs, the goats, their horns. Ha! Gotcha! But admit it, you were ready to go along with three because it feels right. Fairies, genies, and leprechauns offer as many wishes – if you catch them first.
Julie Hedlund, fearless leader of the 12x12in’12 Challenge, is now offering a three-pack of picture book manuscript critiques: better to woo an agent with.
If, like me, you find yourself revising a manuscript (more than three times!) remember three can be funnier, more satisfying, and heck, even advertisers know it’s more effective! So quit procrastinating, unplug the internet and get your rear in gear.
On the count of three…
julie rowan-zoch 
Hey! Thanks so much for mentioning my service in this illustrious post about threes! 🙂
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Brilliant ideas will get you places. My pleasure.
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Great post! I like it and I LOVE SchoolHousse Rock!
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Loved this post. Hadn’t thought about the #3. Have seen it in the number #7 but from a spiritual context. You share some interesting ideas.
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Thanks Patricia. I didn’t mention the holy trinity as I figured it well known enough to seem obvious (and I try to avoid stepping on religious toes!), but much of what I found has referred back to it.
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