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Travel Writing: See the World. Sell the Story.

Travel Writing: See the World. Sell the Story.
By L. Peat O'Neil

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The Globe-Trotter's Guide to Researching, Writing and Selling the Adventures of a Lifetime





Let the reader feel the ticket in your hand, see your ports of call, meet the people you've come to know. Put it all on paper.





With the guidance of L. Peat O'Neil - who is on the staff of The Washington Post Magazine - you'll write engagingly about your travels, whether in journals for your own pleasure or articles for publication.





  • Discover the many types of travel articles you can write.

  • Make your journey as a seasoned travel writer does.

  • Write journal entries that lead to first drafts.

  • Organize your articles and make them flow to the end.

  • Strengthen your writing style to keep readers captivated.

  • Find information, verify it and bring it to life on paper.

  • Take your own travel photographs - or mine other sources.

  • Follow the most promising paths to selling your articles.

  • Get a glimpse of the travel writer's life. Is it for you?





    Writing and marketing exercises follow pertinent chapters. Along with her instruction, O'Neil mixes in examples from travel articles. You'll taste the flavor of distant destinations even as you see how the writers sprinkled in that spice. Don't be surprised if you feel a quickening of the pulse and the call of the open road. The world is full of fascinating places.

    • Product Details

    • Amazon Sales Rank: #99943 in Books
    • Published on: 2005-12-15
    • Original language: English
    • Dimensions: .92" h x 5.08" w x 8.06" l, .77 pounds
    • Binding: Paperback
    • 320 pages

    Editorial Reviews

    From Amazon.com
    Travel writing is a lucrative and enjoyable writer's market, and this book may be your ticket. While planning your getaway, consider getting this book to prepare your pen -- before packing your bags. You may find vacations becoming your vocation!

    From Booklist
    Travel articles are gaining in popularity as a way for writers to make a buck, but, consequently, the competition has become keener. Navigating the rocky shoals in turning an exciting trip into a publishable piece of writing is a path piloted here by one who has had lots of experience. The theme running through O'Neil's helpful guide, as she explains the classification of travel articles (including "destination," "side trip," and "personal essay" ) and discusses marketing techniques, is the importance of journal keeping while traveling. Maintaining a good journal--" the nucleus of travel articles" --is the first step, as O'Neil expertly shows, in the process of becoming a published travel writer. Brad Hooper

    Ingram
    Writers will learn how to bring the adventures of their travels home in print. Here they'll discover the many types of travel articles there are to write and how to write them. Along with her instruction, O'Neil mixes in examples from travel articles.