Olympic Fuel Tip #13: Are You Writing With Voice?
Learn tips on how to establish your own voice in your writing to distinguish you from other writers. Find out how to capture editor's attention from the beginning. Find out more...
Olympic Fuel Tip #7: 5 Easy Ways to Write Stronger Headlines
Jen Stevens shares five tips on how to write stronger headlines and get your story published. Learn more...
Eight reasons why good articles get unwanted rejection slips
International Living's roving editor, Steenie Harvey, shares her insight on common mistakes that freelance travel writers make. She explains how to fix these problems and get your story published!
Four Things I Thought I Knew About Travel Writing
I went to the Ultimate Travel Writer's Workshop in Portland last July to see what I could do with a journal full (six months' worth) of travel stories and thousands of photos. I desperately wanted to be a travel writer but I didn't know where to start. I thought about it and read about it [...]
Five Foodie Secrets
I write long. A 2,000-word article or even a 4,000-word article? No problem. What I have trouble with is saying everything I’d like to say in a limited space. That’s what I’ve been forced to do recently in two stories I’ve written, one on my hometown of Colorado Springs and one on Omaha, Nebraska. Each [...]
Are you a scaredy-cat writer? Four Steps to Conquer Your Fears and Set Yourself Up For Success This Week
If you have yet to find success as a travel writer, odds are, it's not because the three articles a week you're sending out are all ill-suited for the publications to which you're sending them. No, I'm willing to bet you're not yet finding success because, in fact, you aren't writing articles. Now, now, no [...]
Denver Food Writing Workshop
Here's a question I don't ask you very often: Do you like to eat? When I travel, I love to eat. I didn't get to try the guinea pig in Ecuador, though I wanted to. But I did get to eat at La Mirage where the settings were so elegant that they brought us a [...]
They Laughed When I Started Travel Writing... Now I'm a Billionaire!
For advice about travel writing, look to web sites aimed at travel writers? Yes, but you'll often discover inspirational tips in other places, too. For instance, I came across an article on a copywriting web site. It was titled "The 12 Most Popular Headlines of All Time." An attention-grabbing, must-read article? For a professional writer, [...]
Get Paid to Travel: How to Approach an Editor
How to Approach an Editor: Three Simple Keys for Crafting a Letter an Editor Will Read
How to Avoid Editing Errors
EDITING ERRORS AND HOW TO AVOID THEM Previously, Lori told you how frustrated she was when she read the published version of her piece on Santa Fe's chiles to find that, throughout, "chile" was spelled "chili" and the editor had also (inaccurately) tacked "pepper" onto at least one reference. Those kinds of mistakes do occur. [...]
What Christopher Columbus Can Teach Us about Travel Writing
Editors change things. Usually for the better. But sometimes they introduce errors.
Don't Forget the Obvious When You Write About Home
DON'T OVERLOOK THE OBVIOUS WHEN YOU'RE WRITING ABOUT HOME by Roberta Beach Jacobson in Karpathos, Greece I'm certainly no know-it-all. But in the 30-plus years I've lived in Europe I've amassed a huge amount of travel information. For the past eight years, my husband and I have stayed put on the tiny Greek island of [...]
How to Tap the Hidden Power of Numbers
Herschell Gordon Lewis is a professional writer and film maker. He writes mostly marketing copy but I think his presentation today also applies to travel writers. He talked about the importance of word-choice -- saying that two phrases that might, essentially, mean the same thing, are often interpreted differently by the reader.
Get Paid to Travel: Popular Headlines You Can Turn into Profitable Articles
Get Paid to Travel: They Laughed When I Started Travel Writing... Now I'm a Billionaire! For advice about travel writing, look to web sites aimed at travel writers? Yes, but you'll often discover inspirational tips in other places too. For instance, I came across an article on a copywriting web site. It was titled The [...]
