Avoid Words like Remote, Quaint, and Cozy and Write Better Descriptions
The descriptions that editors like — the ones they pay for — are those that paint pictures so vivid, readers see and feel and taste right al...Read More
Advice on Organizing
ADVICE ON ORGANIZING By Freelance Travel Writers Jennifer Stevens, Steenie Harvey, John Forde, and Lori Appling FROM JENNIFER STEVENS When I...Read More
How One Never-Before-Published Travel Writer Landed a Bi-Weekly Travel Column
HOW ONE NEVER-BEFORE-PUBLISHED TRAVEL WRITER LANDED A BI-WEEKLY TRAVEL COLUMN An Interview with AWAI student Judy Ruck by Lori Appling LA:...Read More
The Easiest and Fastest Way to Get a By-Line and a Check
One of the best ways to break into the travel-writing business (and to get repeat clips, too) is to write short articles — 250-600 words in ...Read More
The Best Advice on Handling Rejection
By Freelance Travel Writers, Steenie Harvey, Michael Harvey, and Jennifer Stevens FROM STEENIE HARVEY The first piece I ever submitted to an...Read More
How to Edit Your First Draft: What to Keep, What to Cut
By Freelance Writer, John Forde in Paris, France It’s a rare writer who can crank out perfect copy in a first draft. The rest of us rewrite....Read More
How to Get Started and What You Can Expect to Get Paid
WRITING GUIDEBOOKS: HOW TO GET STARTED AND WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT TO GET PAID An Interview with guidebook writer, Andrew Sanger LA: How do you...Read More
From Music Writer to Travel Writer: An Interview
FROM MUSIC WRITER TO TRAVEL WRITER: HOW KEVIN WIERZBICKI LANDED HIS FIRST 2 BYLINES LA: Hi Kevin. Before we get started why don’t you tell ...Read More
The One Simple Truth Behind All Published Travel Articles - Know Your Audience
Obviously, your goal as a professional travel writer is to sell the articles you write. But doing that — selling your stories — requires mor...Read More
Putting the Internet to Work For You: 18 Must-Have Links Every Travel Writer Should Know About
By Karen Pevenstein Pre- and post-trip research doesn’t have to be (and shouldn’t be) painful. The trick is knowing where to look. The inter...Read More
Travel Writing From a Motorcycle
TRAVEL WRITING FROM A MOTORCYCLE An Interview with Travel Writing Student F.Larosse LA: Before we get started why don’t you tell us a littl...Read More
Those Pesky Negatives: How to Be Honest and Still Sell Your Story
I’ll be straight with you: Editors aren’t going to give up pages and pages of copy to an article that discourages readers from going to a pl...Read More
How and When It's Ok to Lie In Your Articles
I love drama – the more of it, the better! On the other hand, Lori, you don’t want to go completely over the top. If your story starts readi...Read More
Three Travel Articles and a Free Lunch, All in a Day's Work: 7 Steps for Turning Your Next Family Visit into a Travel Article
By Karen Pevenstein in Baltimore, MD After reading about Lori’s trip to Belize, I was inspired to do something of the same. However, without...Read More
How to Turn Your Previous Travel Experiences into Checks
Writing about places you’ve traveled in the past can be tricky. The further back in time you go, the harder it can get to make descriptions ...Read More
Work Habits that Speed You Up
By Freelance Writer/Author, Bob Bly in New York, NY [The below is an excerpt from Bob’s Write More Sell More, available here .] Productive w...Read More
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