Articles related to "Travel Writing"
How to Write a Travelogue
Travellers enjoy talking about fabulous cities, peculiar customs in exotic lands, and odd adventures only a foreign country can offer. Sharing our escapades with an eager audience is a fabulous bonus to travel.
• travelogue
• travel writing
• travel
• writing
• freelance
Inspired Writers at Themestream
Themestream offers great articles for writers and a place to publish our work! ,Themestream offers great articles for writers and a place to publish our work!
• freelance writing
• travel writing
• themestream
• freelance writing
• travel writing
Adventure Travel
Adventure travel may be closer than you think. Enjoy Doug Sassaman's comic take on finding adventure in the back seat!
• travel
• comic
• travel writing
Beans Around the World
When just getting there isn't enough, take a can of beans on your trip.
• travel humor
• travel humour
• travel writing contest
• free travel
• food tours
Beyond the Query Letter
Sending out query after query becomes a tedious task for the freelance writer. Successful writers however, never send out a query but have enough work to keep their keyboards whistling a happy tune. How? Face and name recognition is key!
• article writing
• freelance writing
• freelance
• travel writing
• query letters
Chatting With Sharon Wingler
A chat with Sharon Wingler, author of Travel Alone & Love It: A Flight Attendant’s Guide to Solo Travel, on travel writing, flying, and living your dreams.
• travel book
• travel writing
• writing
• freelance
• travel
Do It Yourself China
Travel writer Cheryl Probst’s two fantastic travelogue guidebooks on China, Do-it-yourself Beijing and My China, offer practical information on travelling in this vast, unique, and sometimes strange country.
• freelance writing
• travel writing
• writing
• china
• beijing
Finding Focus
Great travel articles offer focussed glimpses of a traveller's experience. Find focus for your next article!
• travel writer
• travel
• writing
• freelance
• writer
Freelance Travel Writing Ideas
Ideas for travel articles are everywhere. Here are some tips to come up with some great ones that will get an editor's attention.
• writing travel articles
• travel ideas that sell
• saleable article topics
• get an editor's attention
• brainstorm terrific ideas
Getting Started as a Freelance Travel Journalist
Love to travel? Appreciate a good story? Understand the basics of reportage and prose style? Here are some hints for learning more about the field of travel writing.
• travel
• writing
• travel writing
• travel journalism
• travel journalists
Goal Setting for Writers I
Imagine where you want to go and succeed as a writer!
• freelance writing
• writing
• travel writing
• writer
• freelancer
How to Become a Travel Writer
Is there anything better than getting paid for vacation? A writer can take notes, collect facts, make photos -- and get paid to publish the story of the experience.
• freelance writer
• get paid to travel and write
• travel writer
• travel writing
• what travel editors pay
Inside Travel Writing
Meet a great chameleon of our writing community. Susan Boyce has survived and prospered as a writer by never being afraid of a new challenge and adapting her skills to each unique opportunity. Susan is a successful freelance writer, editor, publisher, and writing instructor. In this first segment of a two part interview, Susan offers her insight and experience on breaking into the travel writing market.
• susan boyce
• travel writing
• first person stories
• writing experience
• freelance
More Links for Writers
Writers are mad for web sites featuring writing, freelancing, and how-to info. I've collected a new batch of great sites for writers, so enjoy!
• writing
• writers
• travel writing
• freelance
• how-to writing
November escapes -- travel magazines
Travel magazines give readers a chance to escape from whatever it is they should be doing -- at least briefly.
• magazine
• travel
• inflight
• travel writing
Parts of a Query
A good query letter is the first step to having an article published. A query is simply a letter, selling your idea to the editor. This week we look at the parts of a successful query, using an actual query letter.
• query
• writing
• freelance writing
• travel writing
• how-to write
Postcards From Spain
Welcome to a new feature at Travel Writing at Suite101.com - Postcards From Spain! Our very own globe-trotting correspondent, Sara Miller, is spending six months in lovely Spain and flexing her travel writing muscles.
• spain
• travel writing
• travel
• freelance writing
Researching Family Travel
Shares a plan on how to combine family travel with English by creating a travel brochure. This idea can be adapted to suit any grade level.
• travel
• writing
• brocure
• itinerary
• english
Seven slants to travel writing success
Having a good slant is one of the best ways to keep your next travel article out of the slush pile.
• slanting
• slant
• article
• writing theme
• travel writing advice
Son of Scam
more about avoidiung rip-offs
• lodging
• air fare
• scam
• travel agent
• bargain
Study Abroad
Inspired Writers Abound! Postcards from Spain is motivating writers from around the world. Ever thought of studying abroad? It is a great opportunity to immerse yourself in the language and culture of another country and bring back a trunk load of travel articles!
• study abroad
• travel writing
• freelance writing
The Best American Travel Writing
2007 edition is a must read for both aspiring and veteran travel writers. Contributors include Jonathan Stern, George Saunders and David Halberstam.
• best travel writing
• susan orlean
• jason wilson
• jonathan stern
• george saunders
The Green Travel Article
Editors are hip to the ecotourism trend and welcome articles with a green theme.
• ecotourism
• green travel
• travel writing
• travel writer
The International Interview
Join Sara in her look at the art and folly of interviewing in a foreign tongue!
• spain
• travel
• travel writing
• writing
• freelance writing
The Quagmire of Your Writing's Worth
The age old dilemma – do you write for free to get published or do you wait to be paid before you write? Often writers can not crack the market until they have published clips but does a writer have to give away their sweat and effort to become published?
• freelance writing
• travel writing
• writing
• query
• queries
Top Paying Travel Writing Markets
Want to make a <b>$1/word</b>? How about taking home <b>$1000 plus</b> per article?
This is the realm of top paying travel writing markets!
• travel
• top-paying
• travel writing
• writing
• money
Travel Alone & Love It!
Book Review: Travel Alone & Love It: A Flight Attendant's Guide To Solo Travel by Sharon B. Wingler. A fantastic book for all travelers!
• book review
• solo travel
• travel alone
• travel writing
Travel Newsletters in Your In-Box
As travel writers, we always want the best price for our flight, we know there are hotel discounts and rebates, we'll clip coupons to save a buck or two. So, how do we keep up to date on the bargains? The answer is as close as your e-mail in-box!
• travel newsletters
• travel news
• travel writing
• email newsletters
Travel Writing
Explore the possibilities of making money from your travel writing.
• writing
• photography
• markets
• outlets
• journal
Travel Writing 101
Guest article by Gary Crucefix, founding editor of Fiction House, offers great advice and terrific links for travel writers!
• travel writing
• freelance writing
• markets
• guidebooks
Travel Writing 101, Part II
Part II of Gary Crucefix's article for travel writers. Great info on travel markets!
• travel writing
• travel writer
• writing markets
• freelance writing
Travelogues Galore
The personal travel tale is one of the most useful preparations to any trip. The travelogue is also a great start to a first person travel article.
• travel writing
• freelance writing
• articles
• travelogues
• travelogue
Turn Your Next Vacation into a Sale
The flight is booked, hotel confirmed, and you're off to sunny climes or snowy mounts. With a little pre-flight prep, you can turn your next vacation into a published travel article.
• travel writing
• query
• travel
• query
• travel article
Two Types of Travel Writing
"Travel writing" can be a confusing term. It can indicate a guide book packed with information for travelers, or an entertaining story from a first-person view.
• freelance travel writing
• magazine newspaper journalist
• book online website
• guide book how-to job
• narrative adventure authors
What Does Travel Writing Pay?
The idea of travel writing tends to bring thoughts of glamour, endless vacations, easy and fun income. Experts seem to disagree with that perception.
• travel book writing
• travel journalism
• overseas adventure
• international travel
• magazine travel stories
Writer's Ezines at Topica
Free ezines and newsletters for writers hosted at Topica!
• freelance writing
• travel writing
• ezine
• newsletter
Do Travel Writers Go to Hell?
Do Travel Writers Go to Hell? (Three Rivers Press, 2008) is the exciting and revealing account of Thomas Kohnstamm's first guidebook writing job with Lonely Planet.
• do travel writers go to hell
• thomas kohnstamm
• lonely planet
• northeastern brazil
• brazil travel
Greatest Essay Collection 07
The Best American Essays 2007 is a primer for essay writers and essay readers alike, with a variety of topics and writing styles.
• essay collection
• creative non-fiction
• best american essays 2007
• jo beard
• john lahr
Musings of a Performance Poet - reading between the airlines
Following the odyssey of American/Australian performance poet, Billy Marshall Stoneking, during his extended sojourn in Europe and North America, this article explores his fascination with people, voice and place.
• billy marshall stoneking
• americans abroad
• confessional writing
• travel writing
• georg trakl
One Man's Guide to Cheap Flights
How Low Can You Go: Times' travel writer Tom Chesshyre's tale of his budget airline Odyssey round Europe using cheap fares to places he can't spell and can't pronounce
• cheap flights
• travel writing
• budget tickets on no frills airlines
• easyjet
• ryanair
Singapore Sling with a Swing
Raffles Hotel and other Raffles legacies feature strongly in the new book by John Malathronas, Singapore Swing, one of few books of travel literature about Singapore
• singapore sling
• singapore swing
• john malathronas
• raffles hotel
• sir stamford raffles
Travel Journalist Interview
Cathy Smith has been a travel writer for more than two decades, and has a wealth of tips to share with other writers
• travel journalist interview
• freelance travel writer
• specialist
• press trips
• write and sell travel articles
Unique Writing Courses/Workshops
A guide to choosing interesting and unique online and onsite writing courses. Here are some of the best workshops and seminars available.
• writing courses
• online writing courses
• virtual universiyt
• ed2go.com
• mexican travel writing
Books About Vagabond Travels
Modern travel writing in the United States began after the Great Depression of the 1930s and the Great War of the 1940s.
• writing travel literature
• united states travel writing
• jack kerouac
• rolf potts vagabonding
• road trip stories
Get A Job Writing for Travel Guides
Writing for travel guide books is a common way for writer's to get their feet wet in the industry. There are several well-known travel guide book publishers.
• travel guide books
• freelance writing
• lonely planet
• rough guides
• experience travel writing