To Whom Would You Write an Open Letter?
For instance, sometimes an open letter is intended to call someone out publicly, like this one written to Mark Zuckerberg, the chief executive of Facebook (now Meta), by the screenwriter Aaron Sorkin in 2019. Here is how it begins:Mark,In 2010, I wrote “The Social Network” and I know you wish I hadn’t. You protested that…
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Now think about how this might work in an open letter. Some employ that same kind of insider knowledge. For instance, many of the open letters to Taylor Swift on the internet riff off the titles of her songs, allude to moments from her past or scatter the kinds of “Easter eggs” — or secret…
What Would You Write in a Letter to Your Future Self?
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