Raise The Ruined Architecture
20 Letters: #16
This is the sixteenth instalment of a series, 20 Letters, where I share letters I wrote and sent via the post, throughout 2020 and 2021, to people in my life. Read more here.
Dear RT,
We only spoke on the phone a few days ago and yet I thought it’d be fun to correspond in this old-fashioned way. You told me you have been working on a screenplay – which you still haven’t sent me! – and I wanted to share the form that my writing has taken this year. One of my many goals for 2020 is to write and send 20 letters, and this is letter #16. I’ve found letters to be a quick, low-pressure exercise for my writing muscles as well as a unique, direct way to connect with people I care about. (Plus, it’s fun to send surprise mail!) I’ve never been a disciplined writer, so having a goal and deadline means I’m more likely to finish it. I hope to continue writing consistently in 2021, albeit with a different goal: my current idea is to write fifty mini-essays about my favourite songs. That subject matter isn’t a stretch nor a surprise for me to choose, I know, but a good challenge nonetheless.
