Victorian towns with a touch of the Old West swaggering out the saloon doors.
Stickball in a 19th century Native American village. Discovering over 500 varieties of soda. A wildlife refuge where Teddy Roosevelt once hunted with Comanche war chief Quanah Parker. Celebrating a centennial. Oil barons and their riches. Experiencing the sights and smells of [...]
About four years ago, in a fit of naivety and suffering from a serious case of itchy feet…
…I jacked in my steady career job in PR, bought an entry level D-SLR camera and booked a ticket to South America. I had it all worked out; I was going to become a travel writer.
I was old [...]
Travel writing is a competitive field, which means it’s especially important for you to turn in flawless, polished pieces.
By following these essential proofreading tips for travel writers, you can improve your writing and offer vivid information to readers:
Proofread your draft shortly after your trip. Do your best to begin the proofreading process shortly after returning [...]
The web is a busy place, and as writers, we are in an uphill battle to …
…overcome the noise and make our message heard, to highlight the best advice, tips, and stories we have to give, and then hope and pray that the gods of the internet bless us with the traffic our posts deserve.
That’s [...]
If a picture is worth 1000 words, using multimedia in your travel writing speaks volumes.
Thanks to numerous open source applications, travel writers can now quickly and easily include video, timelines, data visualizations, and other interactive media directly into their travel articles.
The following lists five indispensable tools for travel writers looking to add content in new [...]
Every writer, whether amateur or pro, has at some point dreamed about the amazing lifestyle of a travel writer.
It’s rewarding already just to be able to make your living with your craft, and travel writers get to see some of the most amazing places in the world while doing just that, living what [...]
Interviewing another person is one of the important skills that any travel writer may wish to develop.
Interviewing anyone – whether a tour guide, a celebrity, hotelier or a fellow traveler – will give you new ideas to write about, and a fresh angle on what might have looked like a stale story line.
Quotes [...]
As a follow up to her earlier Guest Article….
… Writing The Perfect Lodging Review, well-known professional travel writer and Uptake Lodging Editor Nancy D. Brown takes a break from her perpetual traveling to share with us more of her sage advice on writing.
Here are her tips on writing that perfect destination review:
Set the Hook – [...]
Travel writers necessarily have to think from two perspectives at the same time…
… that experienced perspective your readers have come to expect from you, and your reader’s perspective.
The former knows which bus to take to get to the train station and where to get it, while the latter needs more guidance.
Whether your readers are [...]
Some of us have the good fortune of living in the place we love most in the world…
… So that when it comes to writing about that place, all we have to do is look out the window for inspiration.
Every time I’m in Italy, my cup runneth over with ideas for articles that I [...]
Have you ever wanted to transform your travel journal entries into compelling narratives or travel essays?
Do you dream about publishing your work as a travel writer?
As you already know, there are many different styles and genres of travel writing.
One of the most common forms of travel writing today is travel blogging. I started [...]
After recently attending a NYC press event, I noticed three bloggers wrote about the news that had been announced, the very next day.
It was then tweeted, retweeted, posted and shared around on Facebook. I’m assuming at least a portion of the paper magazines that were represented at the lunch will also run [...]
Looking to get more mileage out of your travel writing?
You’re probably aware of the concept of taking your travel experience and writing about it in different formats.
You can describe the scenery, the sites, the language and the people.
You can write about the best hotels and restaurants.
You can explore the how-to’s, the what-to-do’s [...]
S-E-O.
Do those three little letters cause panic whenever you think about Search Engine Optimization?
How does a non-techie travel blogger optimize a site without writing text that sounds artificial and spammy?
What if SEO advice appeared conveniently in the WordPress dashboard?
Travel bloggers, meet Scribe, the online SEO tool that helps optimize your blog. I’ve been [...]
Travel writers can be a restless lot.
You have this urge to spend long hours exploring a place, and it doesn’t matter if it’s a new exciting one or a familiar favorite.
You just need to go there, take photos, feel the sensation, eat, pray, love, whatever.
Then you’ll feel this urge to share what you [...]
