http://www.travel-writers-exchange.com/Forum/topic/organize-your-travel-journal-into-a-book Travel Writers Exchange Forum Home » Topic: Organize your travel journal into a book. en-US Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:45:39 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://www.travel-writers-exchange.com/Forum/search.php http://www.travel-writers-exchange.com/Forum/topic/organize-your-travel-journal-into-a-book#post-1496 Tue, 02 Feb 2010 11:22:29 +0000 Maria Staal 1496@http://www.travel-writers-exchange.com/Forum/ <p>Hey Angela,</p> <p>I have written a travel book myself about a journey that I made. I kept a detailed daily journal throughout the trip, although I didn’t sketch in it.<br /> Instead of using the text of my journal verbatim for my book, I rewrote it, plotting the story. I used a combination of descriptions and dialog for the travel book. The rewriting took me 6 months. The word count of the book ended up at 80,000 words.<br /> I would personally only ever let my family read my unedited journal and as Trish said, unless it is well plotted and has dialog, I wouldn’t publish it like that.<br /> I hope this helps.</p> <p>Maria </p> http://www.travel-writers-exchange.com/Forum/topic/organize-your-travel-journal-into-a-book#post-1490 Mon, 01 Feb 2010 14:43:11 +0000 Devin of ITKT 1490@http://www.travel-writers-exchange.com/Forum/ <p>Hi Angela,</p> <p>I think a journal is a good starting point for finding material, but I have found that most journal entries I have read do not create enough pull to sustain a reader through a couple hundred pages unless something wild begins to emerge in the travel experience or the writer. </p> <p>However, I always keep a journal when traveling and many heavily edited entries have become published articles.</p> <p>Good luck and happy travels.<br /> devin </p> http://www.travel-writers-exchange.com/Forum/topic/organize-your-travel-journal-into-a-book#post-1487 Mon, 01 Feb 2010 08:33:28 +0000 Angela 1487@http://www.travel-writers-exchange.com/Forum/ <p>Thanks for the advice. My journals are very detailed -- that's how my mind works &lt;img src=&quot;http://www.travel-writers-exchange.com/Forum/my-plugins/bb-smilies/default/icon_smile.gif&quot; title=&quot;:)&quot; class=&quot;bb_smilies&quot; /&gt; Some pages have sketches on them which could be used as illustrations for the book. I'll probably write an account of my trip. It will not be a very long book, maybe between 100-200 pages. I'll think about it some more... </p> http://www.travel-writers-exchange.com/Forum/topic/organize-your-travel-journal-into-a-book#post-1482 Fri, 29 Jan 2010 13:46:17 +0000 Trisha Miller 1482@http://www.travel-writers-exchange.com/Forum/ <p>That's a very tough question to answer, since it really depends on how complete your journal is, and whether you're thinking of writing some sort of fictional travel literature, or an account of a trip, or a guide.......</p> <p>You'll first need some idea and direction for a book, then figure out what of the information in your journal can be used in your book.</p> <p>It's rare that a journal - by itself - can be used as a book, unless it's a very good accounting of some epic journey, complete with factual observations, tales and anecdotes (complete with conversations) of people you met along the way, and can paint a vivid enough picture of your trip that others can imagine themselves in the story. I've seen a few like that, but it's rare. </p> http://www.travel-writers-exchange.com/Forum/topic/organize-your-travel-journal-into-a-book#post-1481 Fri, 29 Jan 2010 07:06:13 +0000 Angela 1481@http://www.travel-writers-exchange.com/Forum/ <p>I've been wondering about travel journals. When I travel, I like to journal and sketch. How can I turn this into a book to sell on my website? Thoughts and ideas welcomed &lt;img src=&quot;http://www.travel-writers-exchange.com/Forum/my-plugins/bb-smilies/default/icon_smile.gif&quot; title=&quot;:)&quot; class=&quot;bb_smilies&quot; /&gt; </p>