Travel writers explore the world and get paid for it. Turn a love of travel into a profession with tips on how to get started, where to find great story ideas, how to write an irresistible proposal, and how to get work published.
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0
Strictly for the beginner:
This book is very much about the mechanics of travel writing.
The author writes well, but if you are already writing this is probably not the book for you.
Strictly for someone starting out - and in that case, this would be an excellent guide.
Good basic journalism:
The author offers good solid journalistic information, geared toward the travel writer. Who, what, where, when and why, "show don't tell", hooking the reader with a good lead and other writing conventions are covered with great care in this book. Even though it's called "Teach yourself Travel Writing" don't expect writing exercises to be part of the format. It turns out that "Teach Yourself" is simply the series name of the publisher. But the author does cover photography basics, article types,... more info
A good, short, nuts and bolts approach.:
This was my first time reading about travel writing and it was a quick, easy read. Good practical suggestions. Geared more to travel fluff than to travel literature, but that's okay... we need to learn how to do it all.
Teach Yourself Travel Writing:
I recently had the opportunity to take "Teach Yourself Travel Writing" on a trip. Although I have no intentions of being a travel writer myself, I thought perhaps I could get a few ideas and capture the essence of my experience. I was not disappointed. "Development of an Article" was very informing. I have since given this book to several of my traveling friends. It makes a nice "Bon Voyage" gift.
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