dear exchange partner/collaborator: a general letter

I've only participated in a few exchange events, and a few more collaborative ones, partly because I feel a bit like I might be a difficult quantity in terms of pairings. (Or, as the inside of my head would put it, "I'm probably not doing fandom right.") Anyway, I've been messing with this since my first characteristically overlong ITPE letter, and thought I'd throw it up here in the dusty halls of my neglected journal for reference as needed.

Dear exchange partner/collaborator:

First — well, first, I'm very excited to be Doing a Thing with you. Hi!

( Of course there's more... )