Short or long?

The most common worry in correspondence is not having enough to say. The worry has it backwards: the question is never how much you wrote, but whether the page fits it.

A short letter isn't a lesser letter. Three sentences with generous margins on a small card reads as intentional; the same three sentences stranded at the top of a full sheet reads as unfinished. Match the page to the message. A note that fills its card is complete. A long letter earns its length by keeping its rhythm from first page to last, and a second page should always carry more than the closing.