How to write a letter.

Step 2 Figure out someone to write to.

Once you have decided what you want to write about, the next step would be determining who you want to write to about it.

Ideally this person will be able to provide you with some valuable insight into the subject at hand, but as always, go with your gut instinct no matter how silly or off-base it may seem. Although, with that said, it helps if you write to someone you think you can later track down. Writing to Thomas Pynchon won't do you much good (trust me).

For instance, due to my interest in exploring politics, celebrity and the masses, I choose to contact someone who is currently teetering on the divide between all three domains, and felt that the waning Pop Princess, Britney Spears, may be able to give me a unique perspective from her vantage point.