How to Write Apology Letters, Emails, and Notes: 57 Ready-to-Use Letters and Notes

by Dianna Booher

Have you ever tried to apologize to someone and realized that your apology made things worse? It happens.

Apologies are difficult because you’re already dealing with a negative The other person hears you from a negative state of mind.

So your challenge with an apology letter, email, or note then is to disarm the other person quickly so you can start to turn the situation around.

If you still can’t find the right words to write an apology letters and improve the situation quickly, try our professionally written collection of personal apology letters, notes, and emails and well as business apology letters and emails.

This collection addresses both personal and business Whether you need an apology letter to a friend to make amends or an apology business letter to a customer—and you don’t have the time or the skill to find exactly the right words––let us help!

How to Use This Sample Apology Letter, Email, or Note Package
You have two
1. Download the PDF package and select the apology letter you need. Then copy and paste it into Microsoft Word or any other word processor. Send it out.
2. Read samples to “get the flavor” of what the apology letter or note should say. Then “pick and choose” sentences you like to use in composing your own apology letter or note.

Total Number of Sample Apology 57
Total Number of Situations/ 25

Award-winning author of 49 books published by Simon and Schuster/Pocket Books, Random House/Ballantine, McGraw-Hill, Wiley, Warner, and Thomas Nelson, Dianna Booher shares the same writing guidelines and tips that she teaches to more than half of the Fortune 500 companies. She suggests just the right words for a personal or business apology to “get you off the hook” and repair the relationship.

89 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 31, 2012

About the author

Dianna Booher, MA, CSP, CPAE, is CEO of Booher Research Institute, Inc., a communication consulting and coaching firm.. She works with organizations to help them communicate clearly and with individuals to increase their influence through a strong personal presence--and sometimes with a published book!

She's the author of 49 books (translated into 62 foreign-language editions) and has published with Simon & Schuster/Pocket Books, Warner, Penguin Random House, McGraw-Hill, and Berrett-Koehler. Her latest books include:

-Faster, Fewer, Better Emails: Manager the Volume, Reduce the Stress, Love the Results

- Communicate Like a Leader: Connect Strategically to Coach, Inspire, and Get Things Done

- What More Can I Say?: Why Communication Fails and What to Do About It

- Creating Personal Presence:
Look, Talk, Think, and Act Like a Leader

- Communicate with Confidence:
How to Say it Right the First Time and Every Time
(Revised and Expanded Edition 2011)

- The Voice of Authority:
10 Communication Strategies Every Leader Needs to Know

- Booher’s Rules of Business Grammar:
101 Fast and Easy Ways to Correct the Most Common Errors

- Speak with Confidence:
Powerful Presentations That Inform, Inspire, and Persuade

- E-Writing: 21st-Century Tools for Effective Communication

- From Contact to Contract:
496 Proven Sales Tips to Generate More Leads, Close More Deals, Exceed Your Goals, and Make More Money

- Your Signature Work:
Creating Excellence and Influencing Others at Work

Dianna has been interviewed by Good Morning America, USA Today, Forbes, The Wall Street Journal, FOX, CNN, CNBC, National Public Radio, Dr. Laura Radio Show, Washington Post, New York Newsday, Bloomberg, Boardroom Reports, Investor’s Business Daily, Industry Week, Success, and Entrepreneur, among other national radio, TV, and newspapers.

Her work has also won its share of recognition. Several titles have been major book club selections, and others have won national industry awards:
-American Library Association: Best Young -Adult Non-Fiction of the Year
-Executive Soundview Summaries: Best --Business Book of the Decade
--Axiom Award Silver Medal (2018)
--Richtopia's Top 200 Most Influential Authors in the World (2017, 2018)
-New York Film Festival—Cindy Award (nominee) (Corporate Training Division)
-Newbridge Executive Book Club—Main Selection
-Macmillan Executive Book Club Selection
-Fortune Book Club Selection
-Writers Digest Book Club Selection
-Business Week Book Club
-Book-of-the-Month Club (alternate selection)
-Money Book Club