Travel writing has always promised movement: the crossing of borders, a strange new place, a language unfamiliar to the ear. But there is another kind of travel, one that begins not with the moment of departure – but with stillness, observation and reflection. In a world where planes, trains, and broadband connections have collapsed distances, …
How to Write Immersive and Meaningful Stories About Place This week we’ll explore travel writing as craft: a meeting point of place, voice and story. What makes for some of the best travel writing? Travel writing in the tradition of Anthony Bourdain, Joan Didion’s writing on place or Pico Iyer’s meditations on travel, goes well beyond where they went — it …
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Almost all writers (apart from a lucky wealthy few) have always been concerned with how to make a living through their words. For many writing was always a ‘side hustle’– at least in the beginning. Dervla Murphy took on temporary teaching jobs and lived frugally in order to be able to travel for long periods of time. Paul …
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[This article is extracted from Write Your Way Around The World. For the original article, click here] Last week I shared a note on 5 Client Types That Pay Travel Writers. This week in Write Your Way Around the World, I’m going into more detail on each of these areas for you with examples, and tips on …
[This article is extracted from Write Your Way Around the World. Click here for the full article.] If you’re new here, Write Your Way Around The World, is a weekly dive into the deep end of travel writing, and sharing ideas, tips and insights on how to create a writing portfolio career you love. This week, …
[This post is from the weekly Write Your Way Around The World Newsletter – full of travel writing tips, insights and resources for writers – to subscribe to the newsletter for free: visit lauramcveigh.Substack.com] If you’re here, it’s because something inside you says write. It’s because you have a nomad soul. Or because you love …
You’re sitting in a rooftop café in Lisbon, sipping a cool drink, scribbling furiously in your travel journal. Capturing your memories and moments from a day’s wandering the different city neighbourhoods. The artists’ market you explored, the open air concert you attended in a park, the cafe you stopped by for lunch and people-watching, the …
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