How to write a Dear Editor letter?

How to write a Letter to the Editor?

• I am going to write a letter to the editor about war, conflicts and military forces. (1-2) pages What should my title be? And how shall I start the letter? I was thinking of writing what I think about it first Then some examples and justifications and at the end, a conclusion.

• Answer:

  First of all, you don't write a title. The editor writes the headline. No exceptions. All you do is write a letter. Keep it short. Tell what you think about an issue, and why. Support your position with examples if you need to. If your conclusion is one sentence that helps put everything into focus and adds more information, fine. Otherwise, realize that you're not writing a report for school. It's more like dashing off a note to a friend. If you can boil down your two pages into two paragraphs, do it. Every publication has guidelines for letters. Usually, these are printed near the Letters To The Editor section, and they tell how long letters should be and where to send them. Usually these guidelines are posted online as well. Look them up and go along with whatever they say. If they say a maximum of 500 words, don't submit a 1,500-word essay, because it will go straight to the garbage. Far more letters are submitted than can ever be used, and editors will pick the ones that make a point clearly and concisely. Spelling counts. You're entitled to any opinion you want, but accuracy counts too. In other words, don't get any easily verifiable facts wrong. Try reading some of the letters that have already appeared in the publication. Don't make your letter longer than those, and follow the general format of what the other letter-writers did.