Tomorrow will begin our first day of the 10-Day Letter Writing Challenge. Who’s up for it? I guarantee if you do the challenge the way I plan to play it, something interesting will happen by the end of the 10 days. Letter writing, by it’s nature, touches people on a deep level. A concentrated focus on your relationships with people through letter writing will move others, show them you care, bring them back to you, influence them, heal them and, maybe, heal you.
To prepare for the challenge, jot a list of the people you’d like to write to during the challenge. Put them into categories of closeness — a section for family, for close friends, casual friends, colleagues, even strangers. The challenge exercises may or may not be to write to any of them specifically, but having a list will allow you to easily pick a person to write to for that challenge.
The next thing to do is get a selection of paper, cards, envelopes and some nice stamps. Get some interesting ones that will make your envelope lively and unique or even tailored to suit the person you are writing.
Tomorrow we start and I’ll be doing it right along side you. I know it’s a busy holiday but maybe this exercise will show you that you can keep a healthy letter writing life along with your active, busy schedules. Let’s see how it goes. I hope you’ll comment here on your progress!
See you tomorrow!
Tags: challenge, exercise, letter writing, letters, Writing Prompts
Wendy,
I’m in. I’m busy. In fact, real busy, but I agree with you… those letters can make a big difference… especially this time of year.
Ed
Love Letter Lane
Ed… yay! Just for that, in honor of you, I’ll have to add a love letter challenge!
Can I start late? I just found you…well, more appropriately, you found me.
Wolfidy’s last blog post..December 17, 2008
Wolfidy, it’s never too late. In fact, people are welcome to join in at any time. I’m trying to challenge as an experiment to see if people have fun with it, but except for the holiday mail it can be adapted for any time of the year.