The Art of Travel Writing

This series is sponsored by BankNote NYC. Everyone gets a free notebook!

The Art of Travel Writing

This course covers five rules that will keep your writing concise, genuine and compelling. It will talk about everything from note-taking in the 21st century to story structure to self-editing. Lastly, you will learn three secrets that will get your work published every time. (As long as it is good.) This course is for travelers, writers, journal-keepers and any wandering soul who wants to tell a good tale.

Bring home a great travel story

There is no such thing as travel writing. There is simply travel. And writing. What you read in great travel magazines are stories about places, people and time. The writing uses contextual detail, vivid description and a narrative arc to walk you through a place. Great travel stories don’t tell you how amazing it is to be on a beach or in a fancy hotel, they tell you what you will see, hear, smell and feel walking down an alleyway in Shanghai at sunrise.

Publish travel stories

Editors have lives too. And they don’t always have time to go through the slush pile. Learn how to rise to the top of the heap with a concise, relevant and memorable pitch…that will land you an assignment. Cover letters are out. Samples are irrelevant. Clips are key and spec stories are back. Spend an hour and a half with Nowhere editor, Porter Fox and learn how to write for your dream magazine.