Two Famous Copywriting Tricks You Can Use to Get an Editor’s Attention
By Tom Schueneman, Editor, The Traveler in San Francisco, CA I’m writing from Florida City, near the southeast entrance to Everglades National Park, where I’ll spend the day exploring before I move on down through the Florida Keys. This next week I get to do what I love — explore new places, write down my…
How to Write Humorous Travel Stories: Seven Ways to Ensure Something Goes Wrong On Every Trip
By freelance travel writer, Stan Sinberg There’s a whole lot of travel writing I can’t, for the life of me, do: I get bored silly writing long, adjective-laden descriptions of hotel rooms I’ve stayed in or of restaurants where I’ve eaten. Historical facts cloud my head, and I could barely tell you the difference between…
Writer’s Guidelines Decoded: 22 Terms Every Writer Should Know
By Freelance Writer, Roy Barnes Every publication has guidelines that answer the questions freelancers like you have about things like article length… departments… style… and so on. Last week, we talked about where to find these guidelines. (http://www.thetravelwriterslife.com/?p=86) This week, let’s take a look at some of the terms you’ll typically find in Writer’s Guidelines……
Specific Details: How to Write Descriptions That Mark You As a Pro
I’m going to show you one of the most important things you can do to ensure that your descriptions help your articles stand out in an editor’s mind.
From Retired English Teacher to Travel Writer
An Interview with Steve Weisman Like many of our readers, former high school English teacher and coach Steve Weisman launched his freelance writing career so that he would have something to keep him occupied (and paid) when he retired. Now, two years since that retirement, he’s downright busy as outdoor editor for three newspapers in…
Who’s Responsible for Fact-Checking? 3 Steps for Getting (and keeping) Your Facts Straight
By freelance travel writer and editor, Roberta Beach Jacobson, in Karpathos, Greece I was assigned to cover a small island for a weekly newspaper. It was the sort of tranquil spot you’d go to get away from it all. You’d swim, fish, or hike. There wasn’t much there beyond pebble beaches to help me reach…
Press Trip Etiquette: How to Get Invited Back
By freelance travel writer, Jerre Repass in Brinkley, AR It’s pretty much like your mother told you: “Act nicely so they’ll invite you back.” The first press trip invitation a new writer gets is a real milestone, but when you get the second one, well that’s something to celebrate. You must’ve done something right! Press…
How to Make Real Money Writing Travel Articles: Part One
There are two secrets to making real money writing travel articles. The first is to write articles you can sell more than once. The second is to support your articles with stunning photographs.
Five Punctuation Tricks for Travel Writers
Punctuation, says one newspaper style guide, is “a courtesy designed to help readers to understand a story without stumbling.”
Can You Pitch Multiple Article Ideas in One Query Letter?
Pitching a whole bunch of article suggestions to an editor is definitely a bad ideas. For starters, a well-thought-out query letter shouldn’t really be any longer than a page.
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