Letter Writing 101: How to Write Unique, Original, and Interesting Old School Snail Mail Letters to Lovers, Friends, Family, Penpals, and People All Over the World From A to Z

By HowExpert

In this innovative how-to guide, you’ll get the best explanation and ideas on how to write old school letters. Among great examples and bonus chapters, you’ll find info on:

● Writing letters (easier said than done, but with our guidance, you’ll know exactly what to do)
● Realizing all the awesome benefits of writing old school letters
● Where to find a penpal (they’re all around you!)
● Who would be a best penpal for you (you’re allowed to be picky)
● How to write old school letters (the best part!)
● What to write (might seem a little intimidating at first, but we got your back)
● How to stay in touch once you’ve made first contact (just keep being your cool self and follow these easy steps)
● How to stay safe (keeping your personal info safe is crucial in truly enjoying the penpal experience)
● What to do if your penpal has stopped writing (it happens, but don’t fret)
● Famous penpals in history (you’ll be surprised at all the people who enjoyed writing letters!)

And not only that. Bonus chapters include info on:

● Postcards: what are they and where to get your hands on some
● How to address postcards
● What to write
● What NOT to write

Of course, this is all rounded up nicely with a full blown example on what a great letter to a penpal should look like and also, what a properly written postcard should look like.

• Language: English
• Publisher: HowExpert
• Release date: Oct 21, 2018
• ISBN: 9781949531237

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Letter Writing 101

How to Write Unique, Original, and Interesting Old School Snail Mail Letters to Lovers, Friends, Family, Penpals, and People All Over the World From A to Z

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Table of Contents

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Chapter 1 – Writing letters

Chapter 2 – Benefits of writing old school letters

Knowledge

Opportunity

Learning a new language

Improving your reading and writing

Development of social skills

Promotion of patience

You've got mail!

Penpals always have time for you

Thinking about what you want to write

Letters become fond memories

It's easier to talk about difficult things

Gifts

Summary

Chapter 3 – Finding a penpal – WHERE

Social media

School

Travels

Penpal websites

Ask around

Summary

Chapter 4 – Finding a penpal – WHO

Origin

Age

Gender

Interests

Summary

Chapter 5 – How to write an old fashioned letter

Heading

Greeting

Body

Closing

Signature

Postscript

Envelope

Summary

Chapter 6 – What to write in your letter

Golden rule of writing letters

Introduce yourself

Ask questions

Share a story

Ask for advice/ recommendation

Give advice/ recommendation

Replying to a penpal

Summary

Chapter 7 – Staying in touch

Deciding on commitment

Keep the conversation alive

Make the time to write

Be patient

Send little gifts

Summary

Chapter 8 – Be safe

Build trust first

Careful with personal information

Maintain appropriate boundaries

Protecting kids

Summary

Chapter 9 – My penpal has stopped writing

Time

Differences/ Growing apart

Lack of interest

Summary

Chapter 10– Postcards and where to get them

Traveling

Exchanging postcards

Around town

Create your own

Summary

Chapter 11– Addressing postcards

Address

Date

Greeting

Message

Signature

Stamp

Summary

Chapter 12 – What to write on a postcard

Travel memento

Story behind a photo

Congratulations

Just because

Summary

Chapter 13 – What NOT to write on a postcard

Nothing too personal

No crossing to the right side of the postcard

Write legibly

Summary

Chapter 14 – Examples

Example of a letter to a penpal

Example of a postcard

Chapter 15 – Famous penpals in history

Jean Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir

Catherine The Great and Voltaire

Virginia Woolf and Vita Sackville-West

Vladimir Nabokov and Edmund Wilson

Ronald and Nancy Reagan

Tony Danza and Tupac Shakur

Chapter 16 – Summary and review

Writing letters

Benefits of writing old school letters

Finding a penpal – where

Finding a penpal – who

How to write a letter

What to write in an old school letter

Staying in touch

Be safe

My penpal has stopped writing

Postcards and where to get them

Addressing postcards

What to write on a postcard

What not to write on a postcard

Famous penpals in history

About the Expert

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Chapter 1 – Writing letters

Before there was any kind of writing, people still had a way to preserve stories and legends. They sang songs around the fire, they told and retold stories, preserving their memories and passing them on to the next generation, in hopes that they won't be forgotten. Then, they tried marking certain objects such as stone, clay, scratching plates of copper or wood. They drew what they saw around them, and tried to find a way to convey abstract nouns, such as feelings and emotions. Finally, after a long time searching for the perfect way to convey a message. They discovered the beginning of the Syllabic method of writing, which in other words, is using characters to represent sounds.

The first recorded letter than was written by hand dates back to approximately 500 BC, and it was done by the Persian Queen Atossa, the daughter of Syrus, mother of Xerxes. It was an epistle, which is sort of a didactic letter, usually very stylish and rather formal, sent either to one person or to a whole group of people. Then, people continued to write on leaves and bark of trees. Egyptian papyrus was particularly good for this purpose,a eventually the Roman Emperor Claudius developed a papyrus that was layered, and thus managed to withstand the use of reed on it, without suffering too much damage to its surface layer. At one point, papyrus was in such high demand, that they wouldn't let anyone export it out of its country of origin. Because papyrus was found mostly in the East, that meant that the West suffered a lack of it, and they had to come up with their own versions. Their idea was to write on animal skins, such as vellum and parchment. It's interesting to note that the Saxons resorted to using the bark of the beech tree, which they called boc. And this is where the word book comes from.

Now that we know what kind of material was used as paper, it's only fair to mention the writing utensil itself: the pen.