No birthday. No holiday. Just a Tuesday, a pen, and the fact that someone crossed your mind. That’s all a “thinking of you” letter is, and it might be the most powerful piece of mail you’ll ever send, precisely because nobody saw it coming. This is the shortest, simplest, lowest-pressure letter you can write. If […]
Part of the Ultimate Guide to Writing a Letter They did the thing, the big, hard, beautiful thing they’ve been working toward, and you want to say more than “congrats!” on a text thread that disappears in thirty seconds. A congratulations letter is one of the most joyful letters you’ll ever write. It’s not complicated. […]
Part of the Ultimate Guide to Writing a Letter Let’s be honest. Most Christmas letters are terrible. They read like annual performance reviews dressed up in holly. Somebody’s kid made the dean’s list, somebody ran a half marathon, and the whole family went to Tuscany. Good for them. A good Christmas letter, one that’s funny […]