letter writing
Composing postal messages
Letter writing is the practice of composing and sending written messages, typically by mail.
Once a primary form of long-distance communication, it now carries connotations of thoughtfulness and personal effort: Letter writing is becoming a lost art.
The term often implies handwritten correspondence rather than typed or electronic messages.
- epistolaryPertaining to letter-writing
- stationeryCorrespondence writing materials
- correspondenceExchanged written communication
- pen pal lettersWritten exchanges between faraway friends
- wax sealStamped adhesive closure
postal service · post office · air mail · snail mail · paper · salutations · dear sir · penpal · envelope · closings · yours truly · parchment · ink · formal tone · quill · stamp · typewriter · Victorian era
- pen palscorrespondence, snail mail, handwritten letters, pen friend
- writing practicefreewriting, drafting, revision, prompts, Arabic script
- Victorian etiquettecalling hours, visiting cards, chaperoning, propriety, decorum
- Cicero's Legacyoratory, eloquence, persuasion, public speaking, argumentation
- Georgian customsbowing, curtsying, courtly manners, social graces, polite society
- nonfictionbiography, autobiography, biographies, history, memoir
communication medium
letter writingtexting
Sending typed mobile messages
instant messaging · online chat · email · phone calls · voice notes