Good tidings to you! I write this letter today to tell you: personal writing is tough. Sure, elementary school might have taught us about structure and form — the textbooks say a well-composed letter ...

Writing a Letter to the Editor is Easier Than You Think! Letters to the editor are great advocacy tools. After you write letters to your members of Congress, sending letters to the editor can achieve ...

For centuries, biographers have been able to rely on a priceless resource when it comes to 18th, 19th and 20th century figures: their subjects’ epistolary correspondence. But things will be different ...

There are only 17 more days until Christmas and that means children are feeling the pressure to complete their letters to Santa. It may be tempting for them to dash off a sloppy and long list of ...

A few years ago, I wrote “A Letter to College Students (From All Profs)” in which I provided advice to students about how to ask for letters of recommendation. Interestingly, just as students do not ...

It is an honor to be asked to be someone’s character reference. But even if you are enthused about helping a friend or colleague out, you might feel a little intimidated by the prospect of putting the ...

Sales letters are powerful selling tools. They give you a simple, direct way to generate sales leads and orders. But for many businesspeople, they present a daunting writing challenge and a host of ...

Like the commencement speech, the cover letter for an academic job is a straitened genre. Most of us don’t have to worry about writing commencement speeches (it’s a happy problem if you ever do), but ...