Write the email I am avoiding

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The prompt

I need to send a difficult email. Help me write it.

Situation: {{SITUATION}}
What I need them to know or do: {{OUTCOME}}
Relationship: {{RELATIONSHIP}}

Rules:
- Lead with the thing I am avoiding saying. Do not bury it under context.
- Be direct without being cold. No euphemism that leaves them unsure what happened.
- State clearly what happens next and who does it.
- No apology that is really an excuse.
- Under 200 words.
Give me two versions: one plainer, one warmer.

What to fill in

Placeholder	What goes there
{{SITUATION}}	we are missing the deadline by three weeks
{{OUTCOME}}	accept the new date, or cut scope
{{RELATIONSHIP}}	a client we want to keep

Why it works

The failure mode with a difficult email is burying the point under three paragraphs of preamble, which reads as evasive and makes it worse. Asking for the hard sentence first produces something you can actually send.

Two versions is deliberate: the choice between them tells you what you actually think.

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