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3 Reasons Writers Should Write Letters

5/26/2016

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Three reasons why writers should write letters!
​Lately I've gotten back into writing letters, and I'm very glad for that decision to make it a priority again. I remember when I was younger and handwritten letters were the only way to communicate except for very rare phone calls and I still get super excited when I get a letter in the mail. Recently I decided that I was going to make it a point to write letters frequently. I restocked my stationery supply, and as soon as I take my first couple of letters to the post office, I'm going to buy stamps so I can just cross the street to drop my letter off instead of heading into the post office. 😃

So here are 3 reasons writers should send letters! 😃
  1. Hand-writing is good for you Studies show that writing by hand has lots of benefits! It's relaxing, personal, and has a certain beauty that only handwritten letters can have. 
  2. It's a tradition that needs to be kept alive Writing letters is never going to go completely out of style, I think, but it certainly is done a lot less than it used to be. Think of all the classic books--letters almost always play a part somewhere in it! People have been writing letters for hundreds of years, it would be a shame to stop. And who better to keep the tradition alive than us writers? 
  3. It'll be special down the road Whether you reread letters yourself down the road, or your children or friends, it's a story in of itself. Can you imagine how cool it would be to have a pack of letters just like the old times to look through later?


I hope you'll try writing some letters to someone soon! I have a list of various people I want to write and I'm going to work through it. There's plenty of people who would love to get a letter, so let's bring smiles to people's faces. 😃 

You all have a lovely day! 
<3
Victoria
2 Comments
Katja L.
7/14/2016 08:52:54 pm

I agree with them all! ;) I write to two friends regularly. I'd write to you and to the others I email, but you're too far to do that ALL the time and they're on deputation. ;) Those letters are very special and memory-filled. . . ahh!
BTW, remember those “name cards” I gave you and your sister? Well, I have an autograph book now. It's real fun and SO nice! I wish you his would come by again so I could get your autographs! ;)

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Katja L.
7/22/2016 04:31:37 am

I agree with them all! ;) I write to two friends regularly. I'd write to you and to the others I email, but you're too far to do that ALL the time and they're on deputation. ;) Those letters are very special and memory-filled. . . ahh!

BTW, remember those “name cards” I gave you and your sister? Well, I have an autograph book now. It's real fun and SO nice! I wish you his would come by again so I could get your autographs! ;)

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