Writing Letters

My uncle types letters to my mom so I've been ghost writing back to him as my mom, and she signs it. I'm not so good as a letter writer & have to be nagged to get the letters writen.

I have been an Ebay dealer since 2003, and every person that has bought from me (over 300)I have sent a "Thank You" letter along with their items, not just a tiny note. I have received many emails telling me they never had such good personable service. You are totally correct in saying writing letters is dying out. I never realized how important it still is to people until I received such good feedback on it. So, I keep on doing it and I'm making everyone happy, including myself. Good question.

I actually had to sit down and a write a letter today...LOL...It was only an absent letter for the school because my daughter was absent from school, but It was written with pen and paper..

The last time I took a pen and write a letter was sometime third week of August 2007--that's about a month now. I sent a birthday card to my boyfriend and although emails and ecards are readily available, free, and faster I still prefer sending him a card by snail mail. With that card he gets to see my handwriting and I get to write his name and mine myself. Although I don't send letters only but occasionally, I still send cards to my friends who are far from me. I think they still matter today. I also still get cards from the post and the thrill is still there. It's so much fun than receiving emails because I can go back and reread it anytime I want.

I actually have a couple of pen-pals that I write postal mail to on a monthly basis. I just love getting real mail in my mail box, email is nice for staying in touch & quick messages; but it can't replace real mail for me. If you can't find your old pen-pals there are several yahoo groups for finding pen-pals.

wow, I can't remember the last time I wrote a letter. I never gave it any thoought until I read your post. I used to write letters to friends and had some penpals but switched to e-mail or text messaging! Gosh I think I will get some writing paper and write a letter too. Thanks for the reminder!

Lol well I would say a good 20 years ago after that I gave up writing all together and I have only been on the Computer for 3 years I never knew anything about it till then as I was working so many hours and then when I came home it was my Childrens time and cleaning up as the Ex Husband never did any of that he was on the Computer in Chat rooms It was only him I used to write letters to in them Days anyway so it must be 20 years since I wrote a Letter and then stopped as he never replied when he was away with the Forces

I used to write lots when i went to boarding school...it seems to be a dying art these days. I rarely do it. I even like sending e-cards but a lot of people don't like them and think it's a cop out. I rarely receive e-cards.

I just set down today and wrote a letter to a friend who doesn't have a computer and so it is impossible not to write to them. I think that it is sad that people don't write anymore as it is much more personal than an email. I don't like eards either as I feel that a real card is much more personal and I think that it makes the reciever feel that you cared enough about them to take time out of your day to locate them a card.

I havent wrote a real letter in years. I occasionally send cards with a note in them. I cant remember the last letter i wrote even. Maybe I'll write to my mom tonight. It's just so much easier to call.

I just finished writing an aplication letter! Well, not a real one because it was for my English clases. But I wrote it. It had to be a 120-180 words letter and so I sat there and invented a new me and started writing. I applied for a job as a helper in a summer camp...

I am fond of writing letters. It is where I can release all emotions that I can not utter in words. But its been ages since the last time i did it. But I still love doing it especially during especial occasions. And when my husband works abroad, I usually send him a letter if he can not make it online or even text because of his location.

omg! your are so right every 1 has forgotten how to write a simple letter. well i have recently because my friend was doing military training and that was teh only way i can contact him. now i wait every week for a letter .

Writing letters is so more personal I think. I have some penpals that I still sit down and right too. To me it just shows that you care about them, because it does take longer to write a letter in your own writing then tuping an email.

It has been a long time since I sat down to write a letter and I must admit that I find it hard to write, as I normally use the computer. I found a very interesting book that talks about letter writing of all types and even includes letters written by famous people. The name of the book is "For the love of letters: a 21st century guide to the art of letter writing" and I am now waiting for the copy I bought in Amazon to arrive!

i am so guilty of never writing letters! i email everyone...but i do have a couple of elderly aunts that dont have computers but i have to force myself to write them (or at the very least, send them cards!) i am horrible!!

The last time I wrote a letter was to my mother when I was living in Samoa. That would be about 4-5 years ago. She always wrote me letters and I often wrote back. Now that she owns a cellphone and knows how to text, she texts to me instead.

that is true.

I'm already a teenager, but the truth is I haven't written a formal letter yet. hehe

to tell you the truth writing letters will not go out of style. Everyone doesn't have a computer or a cell phone. Even though you can go to the library and have access to these things. Writing is how it is all done. If the electricity went out for a week and there was only writing a letter to communicate. Everyone would be writing letters and the horse and cart would be back in business. With the electricity our the electrical gas pumps would not work. I like the keyboard cause what i have to say i can type faster than i write. Yet still writing is how work is still done even before it's put to computer screen.