How to Write an Interesting Letter to Friends and Family

It's easy to keep in touch by letter.

Whether your letter is sent by email or postal mail, your friends and family will welcome reading it!

Here are some tips to make it easy to write an interesting letter.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• 10-15 minutes of free time.
• Paper and envelopes, if your letter will be sent by postal mail.
• Your computer, if your letter will be sent by email.
• One or more pictures of you, your family or interesting things you have seen and want to share.

1. Decide who to write to!
   
   If you are sending a postal letter you'll probably write to one friend or relative -- or to one whole family.
   
   If you write an email letter, you can CC -- carbon copy -- the letter to many people to enjoy.

2. Make sure you have current addresses for the people you want to receive you letter.

3. Write one or two sentences about each person in your family -- and you can include your pets, of course!
   
   Or you can do a time line -- writing a few lines about each day of a family vacation or other adventure....
   
   Don't forget to upload your photo to your email letter -- or put your photo into the envelope if you are writing on paper.

Tips & Warnings

• Write the names of the people and places in your photo on the back of the picture. Also include the date the picture was taken.
• If you are sending an email letter, only include one photo as some email programs will turn more than one into a zip file that some of your family might not know how to open.
• If you would like to hear back from your friends or family, make it easy for them by asking a few questions they can answer in a reply.
• If you know your friend is not a letter writer, suggest a time to get together either in person or by phone.
• Don't forget to SEND YOUR LETTER! :)
• Letter writing can be habit forming! :)

[giveadogabone]

on 11/6/2009 how, for example, should I write a letter of reunion to a brother in a Boarding School?

[gmj3307]

on 3/24/2009 Letters are truly a lost art - great ideas!

[stndgfrm]

on 3/13/2009 I have a cousin who does this once a year almost like a news article on what each of her children and her and her husband are doing. They made it a yearly tradition. It made for goeed reading and more interesting! Thanks!

[baseballmom4]

on 3/12/2009 Good article, wish more people wrote actual letters now days. Who knows maybe they will start after reading this article.

[juliemcmurchie]

on 3/11/2009 Good ideas to keep in touch with those we love, without boring them to sleep. Nice job.