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How To Write A Good Informal Letter To A Friend

To write a good informal letter to a friend: 1. Begin with a salutation like "Dear" for a formal letter or "Hello" for a casual letter depending on your relationship. 2. Share news about what is happening in your life and tell an interesting story along with your emotions. 3. Discuss interesting topics that both you and the recipient will find engaging like a book you read, place you visited, or something you want to recommend. 4. End positively by wishing them well and encouraging a response to show your desire to hear from them again. 5. Choose an appropriate closing like "Sincerely" for formal, "Cheers" for casual,

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How To Write A Good Informal Letter To A Friend

To write a good informal letter to a friend: 1. Begin with a salutation like "Dear" for a formal letter or "Hello" for a casual letter depending on your relationship. 2. Share news about what is happening in your life and tell an interesting story along with your emotions. 3. Discuss interesting topics that both you and the recipient will find engaging like a book you read, place you visited, or something you want to recommend. 4. End positively by wishing them well and encouraging a response to show your desire to hear from them again. 5. Choose an appropriate closing like "Sincerely" for formal, "Cheers" for casual,

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How to Write a Good Informal Letter to a Friend:

1. Begin the letter with a salutation.

Before writing, think of what kind of relationship you have with the person you’re writing to. If you
would like to write a letter in a formal style, it will be nice to start it with “Dear.” This word will be
appropriate for your close friend and for a person that you’ve just got acquainted with.

If you are writing to a best friend in a casual style, you can start the letter with words like “Hello,”
“Hi,” or any word that is common between you. If you are writing to a person with whom you have
intimate relations, you can write “My love,” “Sweet,” etc.

2. Share news

You can write about what is happening in your life. Share an interesting story that happened to you
lately. Tell what emotions you’ve felt (reading the story).

3. Make it interesting

Start topics that are both interesting to you and the person you are writing to.
You can write your thoughts about things you are interested in or any subject you want to discuss.
Share interesting information – it’s always welcome in personal letters. Tell about a book you’ve
read or a new place you’ve been – recommend something you like.

4. Compose the last paragraph

Send the person your best wishes in the last paragraph. End the letter with positive feelings. The
last sentences should create the general feel of the whole letter. Encourage your friend to write
back or make a call. This will show your desire of hearing from the person soon and will make a
logical ending to the letter.

5. Choose a proper closing

The closing is the final part of the letter. Choose appropriate words according to your relationship.
Formal endings are “Sincerely,” “Best wishes,” etc.; casual style endings are “Cheers,” “Take care,”
etc.; and intimate endings are “Lots of love,” “Thinking of you,” etc.

6. Add a P. S. section

You can add a postscript, or P. S., at the end of the letter after your signature. It’s usually the
information that you want to tell, but it’s not so important to present it in the main paragraph.
Another option works for written letters: you might forget to write about an important aspect in the
main body, but you don’t want to rewrite the whole text. And that’s the right moment for a postscript.

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