I’m a letter writer. Like my mother before me and her mother before her, I regularly put pen to paper. I know this makes me unusual: most Americans haven't written a personal letter in years. The ...

My editor asked me to see whether ChatGPT, an AI chatbot, could write a decent resignation letter. I'd had a hard week at work, and the assignment gave me an opportunity to (artificially) quit. But I ...

Writing yourself a letter is a good way to identify the things in your life that matter — as well as those things that you can let go. By Melissa Kirsch A few weeks ago, a reader of The Morning told ...

When applying for jobs, ChatGPT-4 can make the cover-letter writing process more manageable. An AI consultant shares tips for writing an effective cover letter using ChatGPT. Here's a step-by-step ...

“This letter which I am writing with my own hand, with my own pen, with my own penmanship comes from me and no one else ... you can read me today, tomorrow, any day you want...” A. R . Gurney ...

Of all the things I’m sorry my children missed — music on MTV, The Love Boat on Saturday nights and playing Pac Man at an arcade — their biggest loss is never writing letters. A 20-gallon plastic ...

In the waning days of 2015, I decided to mark a milestone birthday by simply saying “thank you.” My plan was to write one letter each week of that year to someone who had helped, shaped, or inspired ...

When former President Jimmy Carter died last month, I went looking for the letter that I received from his White House back when I was in fifth grade and he was in the final year of his presidency. I ...

Zoom calls and texts are emotionally draining, but exchanging handwritten notes can be sublime. By Jordan Salama Mr. Salama is a writer. The first letter arrived dated March 31, 2020. It was from a ...

A few years back, when I called Clemson, South Carolina home, I drafted a letter to my mother – "just in case" – leaving her instructions in the event of my death. Despite being relatively healthy, ...

A few hours after my mother received my letter telling her what she meant to me, she was killed by a drunk driver. That letter became the last words she would ever hear from me—and it changed ...