Travel Writing: Publish Your Stories

Are you a seasoned traveller, with a tale or two to tell? If so, this course will help turn your scribblings into stories to be shared and enjoyed. This is course is for anyone with itchy feet an interest in travel writing, and who wants to publish their stories.

Whether you’re blogger, interested in making money from your adventure or still at the note-taking stage, this course will help you the next step of your journey.

Writer and humorist, Dave Fox will help you to find and refine your voice as a writer. You will also learn the differences between journaling and storytelling, how to structure your story, and write with flare.

Anyone who wants to break into freelance travel writing Bloggers and Storytellers People with a sense of adventure, and interest in storytelling

Part 1 – Introduction And Getting Started

Welcome

How To Succeed On This Course

Travel Journaling Vs Writing For Publication

Section 1 Exercises: Speed Journaling And Story Hunting

Part 2 – How To Capture And Write The Most Scintillating Details

Finding The Stories Only You Can Write

Stories In Your Pocket

Supercharge Your Descriptions

Streamlining Your Stories

Section Two Exercises: Watching The Pros And A Rough Draft

Part 3 – Crafting The Story

Types Of Travel Tales

Beginnings: How To Write A Scintillating Lead

Middles: Keeping Your Readers Riveted

Endings: What’s Your Point?

Section Three Exercise: Write Or Rewrite

Part 4 – Your Cast Of Characters

Who’s Your Story?

Writing Dialogue

Storyfinding: How To Talk To Anyone

Section Four Exercise: Build Your Cast Of Characters And Introduce Us

Part 5 – Editing Your Stories

Cliches Busting: How To Write Truly Original Material

Tighten Up! – How To Make Your Tales Easy To Read

Section Five Exercise: Polish And Tighten

Part 6 – Travel Blogging

Starting A Travel Blog

How Will People Find Your Blog?

Section Six Exercise: Blog It

Part 7 – How To Make Money As A Freelance Travel Writer

Q&A: Travel Writing Realities

Selling Your Stories To Newspapers And Magazines

Travel Books And Anthologies

Section Seven Exercise: Polishing And Pitching Your Stories

Part 8 – Time To Go

Recapping Our Journey

How You Can Change The World As A Travel Writer

Onward

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