Abstract
A theoretical investigation was conducted on the possibility of writing psychology papers in the form of personal
letters. If we adopt "narrative turn" as an epistemological and a methodological meta-theory, then clearly, it is not
productive to limit ourselves within the traditional writing style of psychology, in which a single true fact is objectively
identified and described in scientifically precise language. An alternative style, which reflects social constructionist
thinking, is also possible. Such a style assumes that one of the many possible realities is constructed socially, and
presented in the form of narrative discourses in a psychology paper. Using this principle, we have first identified two
different description styles, "universal descriptions" and "local descriptions", based on Bakhtin's ideas on the styles of
novels, and social psychological analyses of epistle novels in the 18th century. Next, we have proposed an alternative
way of writing psychology papers using an epistolary style, as correspondence between two or more people. This
style realizes "inter-local descriptions" that combines and mediates both characteristics of universal and local
descriptions.
