John opened the enveloped and carefully removed the letter inside. As he unfolded it, he closed his eyes for fear of reading another possible rejection letter for his manuscript. Once he had steeled himself against that particular outcome, he opened his eyes and looked at the letter. It said:

Dear John,

Thank you for your manuscript, but we don't think that a horror story with this much graphic detail would be appropriate for the 6-10 yr old market we usually publish for.

Kindest regards,

Mr. Evil Editor.

John winced over his stupidity for sending the wrong manuscript... again!

John ripped open the enveloped and pulled out the letter. There were a lot of big-league college words, but basically, it was "Thanks, but no thanks, Jack."

"Great," John muttered.

Or something like that.

quote:

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I was just trying to think of books that include letters and one that sprung to mind was "The Screwtape Letters" by C.S. Lewis.

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The Color Purple by Alice Walker is another book that uses letters as a way to tell the story.