The Lost Art of Letter Writing, and How to Write a Letter
19 Saturday May 2012
Written by Jessica C. in Writing
Many years ago most personal letters, after an extremely formal salutation, began “I take my pen in hand.” We do not see that at all nowadays, but the spirit of that saying still lingers. Pick up the average letter and you cannot fail to notice that the writer has grimly taken his pen in hand and, filled with one thought, has attacked the paper. That one thought is to get the letter writing over with. And perhaps this attitude of getting the writing over with at all costs is not so bad after all. There are those who grieve over the passing of the formal and dignified letter and others... Continue reading »
