Quote from Beverly in Hersheypark
Virginia Kremp: "I don't know another human being on this earth who would treat their parent this way, especially four weeks before Mother's Day." Vinny: That's how you started an actual letter? Beverly: Oh, sweet, stupid Vincent Geary. The opening is everything. I call it the "Guilt Grabber." Vinny: Oh, I got to write this down. Beverly: Wait. You can't just copy what I say. Once I teach you the basic structure, you have to find your own spiteful voice. Mrs. Mirsky: You have a whole structure? Beverly: Of course I do. Now, after the guilt grabber, you deliver your emotionally devastating thesis, wherein you single them out as the most ungrateful child the world has ever known.