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Write a structured thank you note for a gift, a favour, an interview or hospitality, with the right length for a card, email or message.
A thank you note works when it contains four things: a greeting, thanks for something specific, a sentence on what it actually meant, and a forward-looking close with your name. This generator assembles those four parts around the details you supply — the gift, the favour, the role you interviewed for — and sizes the result for a handwritten card, an email or a text message. It then checks the draft: whether it names something specific, whether the impact line is yours rather than generic, and whether the length fits the channel.
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Fill in 'Who are you thanking', 'Your name', 'What for' and 'Where is it going'.
Name the specific gift or favour, then write one line under 'What difference did it make (one sentence, in your words)'.
Check the Word count against the channel target, read 'Note check', and press Rewrite for different wording or 'Copy note' to take it.
Greeting, specific thanks, impact and close — the parts that separate a real note from a one-line acknowledgement.
Around 25-90 words for a card, 60-200 for an email, 15-70 for a message, with a live word count.
Flags a missing specific, a generic impact line, a placeholder signature or a draft that is the wrong length.
A handwritten card is normally three to five sentences, roughly 25-90 words. A thank you email runs longer, about 60-200 words with a subject line, and a text message should stay under about 70 words.
Within 24 hours is the usual convention, ideally the same day while the conversation is still fresh for the interviewer. Reference one specific thing you discussed, restate your interest in the role, and keep it under 200 words.
Name the specific thing — the item, the favour, the conversation — then say what difference it made in one sentence of your own. That single concrete detail is what makes the note read as sincere rather than as a template.
For a casual favour, a text is normally fine and quick beats formal. For a wedding gift, a job interview, a condolence or anything from someone considerably older or more senior, a written card or an email is the safer choice.