The purpose of this blog article is to give you some tips on how to begin to write like a lawyer.

You don’t have to be a lawyer to write like one. In fact today’s tip will inform your business letters and even your regular social writing.

It will clear the cobwebs and confusion away and allow you to clearly state what you are trying to say.

You correspondence will begin to sing. Your reader will be nodding their head in agreement by the time they get to the end.

Usually I end up deleting any first sentence I write which does not include this phrase. We all have a tendency to begin our writing with what I call verbal throat clearing before we get down to the point.

Even if you decide not to use it, once I reveal it to you, it will still improve your writing if you only think of the words.

What is the magic first phrase every email, text, or letter should begin with?

“The purpose of this letter is”