A great way to add romance to any relationship is to say I love you in a manner that is unexpected. The love letter is one of the best ways to go about this.

If you’ve never exchanged love letters with your partner, then that hand written love letter will definitely impress. A letter composed by you expressing your feelings will mean so much more than a store bought greeting card.

The following should prove helpful for crafting a great love letter.

1.) The letter needs to be written in two stages. The first is the composition stage.

Editing comes next where you clean up mistakes and grammatical errors. Never edit your letter while composing because it slows down and stunts your writing.

When you are composing, write the words down as they pop into your head. During a normal conversation, you usually don’t pause to formulate your sentences, the words just flow from your lips. The same should be true when writing.

Imagine a setting where both of you are together and you’re telling him how much you love him. Write down whatever your imagination says.

Turn off your internal critic when you’re in the composition stage. You should be feeling the emotions that you wish to convey. Your mood or emotional state will affect how you compose the letter.

Try playing your favorite romantic music in the background. If the writing seems corny, don’t worry, just keep writing and get those feeling onto the page.

2.) Try adding a few romantic love quotes. They tend to amplify the emotions of the love letter.

Love quotations are easily found online. Enter “love quotes” into a search engine. As of the time of this writing there are 41,800,000 search results on Google for love quotes.

3.) Write your letter in another language. This method is over the top and is not required but it enhances the letter.

This is a definite thing to try if you’re multilingual or if you know someone who will help with the translating. Have some fun and require that he do the translation.

4.) A big part of love letters is in how you deliver it to the one you love. Any method involving surprise works best.

Hide the letter in his briefcase so that he discovers it at work. You can also place it into one of his pockets. There are endless variations to this.

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