The Art of Writing: The Love Letter

     We have been waiting with great anticipation for this post, after a long wait, it's here! That's right, the love letter. This is the hardest to write about as it is the most heart felt, and for most guys, it's hard for us to put how we feel into words. Well, most of us, there are some who can put their thoughts and feelings into words.

     The original article that inspired this is from Art of Manliness

     While we could cheep out and say, read this, they already did the work, and they're bigger/better than us, but no, we're going to write this! Now there are two questions, why and how? First the why. They are tangible, they are real, you can hold onto them. Emails just don't have the same specialness as a letter. When you give the letter to your girlfriend, or if you're lucky, your wife, they hold onto it forever, or at least they should. But anyways, it should be special.

     You can never tell the girl (or woman) to many times that you love them. The love letter allows you to express yourself differently than what you express yourself on your normal day to day basis. It give you a chance to show your more romantic side. They'll never get tired hearing how beautiful they are and how much you love them, that you love just as much, if not more than when you first met.

     Now, what do you write in a love letter? This is where guys generally have a hard time.
First, let them know the reason for the letter, this will help you keep on track. Recall a great memory the two of you have shared, either recently or a long time ago. Now you can use this to transition to write about the things you love about her, whether it be her personality, her talents, or her looks. Next, let her know how much she means to you and how much she has changed you into a better person. Try to avoid the cheesy "You complete me" line, sure if you want to use it go ahead, but try using your own words. And last, ready for the close with reaffirm how much you love her and that you are committed to loving her and caring for her.

     It's ok to get a little side tracked here and there as it makes the letter authentic, and she can tell that the letter came from your heart, some fun things to add onto the letter is to have a little bit of your cologne on it. I know that as a guy the first love letter I received from my girlfriend I cherished it very much and smelling the perfume she put on the letter. As it is I have the letter close by right now as I am writing this. Another fun thing to do is to seal the letter with wax, this can be a little more expensive and difficult as finding wax seals and sealing wax is hard to find these days, but some tips for some improv is to use something that can make some sort of seal that your girlfriend or wife would recognize is from you, as for the wax, you can use a candle's wax. Just light the candle and melt some of the wax, when you have enough, carefully pour some out over the part of the envelope that is licked, then use your seal.

     Actually, while I was writing this article, I came across another dealing with wax seals and I thought that it would be perfect to include in this article. How to Make a Wax Seal

     Well, now that the big one is out of the way the next and last part of the Art of Writing series will becoming shortly, and that is on story writing. But that will be another day, another post, another Guru. Cheerio!