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FindNews: Culture & Society > Relationships - 5/4/2008 12:00:00 AM If it’s handwritten, use classy pen and paper. If it e-mail, pick a nice font. At the very least, roust up some heavy-stock, elegant-looking paper, and if you must use an ordinary pen, choose one with a classy color of ink. Open with a tender salutation. “Dear Sirs” or “To Whom It May Concern” are businesslike and direct, but they don’t quite set the proper tone of intimacy. Instead, try “my dearest” and be sure to get the name of the person right (you’d be surprised how many first-time letter writers flub this small but important detail). Pour what’s inside. A love letter isn’t like a high-school writing, with an introduction, expository text, and recapitulation. What you want is an inexhaustible, contrasted with your own inimitable thoughts. Rule: the more own thoughts you put, the classier the letter.
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