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Break Into Travel Writing Beth Blair

Break Into Travel Writing By Beth Blair

Break Into Travel Writing by Beth Blair


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YOUR COMPLETE GUIDE TO PRODUCING FASCINATING TRAVEL WRITING.

Discover how you can get paid for travelling the world - by someone who's actually done it. This creative and smart guide shows how to write with accuracy and spirit about the experience of travel.

Break Into Travel Writing Summary

Break Into Travel Writing: How to write engaging and vivid travel writing and journalism by Beth Blair

LEARN HOW TO WRITE COMPELLING STORIES ABOUT TRAVEL AND DISTANT LANDS.

Getting paid to go on holiday may sound like a great lifestyle. But there's a lot of hard graft involved - particularly, breaking into this industry in the first place. Few industries have changed as rapidly as publishing, and within publishing few areas have changed as rapidly as travel publishing. This book will bring you bang up-to-date with the latest trends in blogging, social media, magazines, websites, travel guides, and travel books. It provides specific advice for each sector, on how to write and, just as importantly, how to get published. Written by Beth Blair, an American travel writer who has been published in books, magazines, and online, this book is full of practical and inspiring advice that will help you broaden your horizons and turn your travel writing into cash.

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The Teach Yourself Creative Writing series helps aspiring authors tell their story. Covering a range of genres from science fiction and romantic novels, to illustrated children's books and comedy, this series is packed with advice, exercises and tips for unlocking creativity and improving your writing. And because we know how daunting the blank page can be, we set up the Just Write online community at tyjustwrite, for budding authors and successful writers to connect and share.

About Beth Blair

Beth Blair (Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul, USA) has been a freelance travel writer for nearly a decade. Her essays and non-fiction articles have been featured in various books and publications including Aviation Security International, AirTran Airways GO, FoxNews.com, CBSMinnesota.com, State Farm's Good Neighbor, Hybrid Mom, Draft, Arizona Daily Star, and a dozen anthologies including Chicken Soup for the Soul. She is co-founder of the award-winning travel blog TheVacationGals.com and was named first-place winner in the 2010 Writer's Market "Freelance Success Stories" contest.

Table of Contents

  • : 1. The Life of a Travel Writer
  • : 1. The Life of a Travel Writer
  • : 2. Be the Expert
  • : 2. Be the Expert
  • : 3. Print Travel Writing Outlets
  • : 3. Print Travel Writing Outlets
  • : 4. Online and Non-Traditional Opportunities
  • : 4. Online and Non-Traditional Opportunities
  • : 5. Research and the Press Trip
  • : 5. Research and the Press Trip
  • : 6. Pitching Your Idea
  • : 6. Pitching Your Idea
  • : 7. Conventions and Styles of Writing
  • : 7. Conventions and Styles of Writing
  • : 8. Article Development
  • : 8. Article Development
  • : 9. Blogging
  • : 9. Blogging
  • : 10. Social Media
  • : 10. Social Media
  • : 11. Photography and Videos
  • : 11. Photography and Videos
  • : 12. The Importance of Networking
  • : 12. The Importance of Networking
  • : 13. The Importance of Self-Branding
  • : 13. The Importance of Self-Branding
  • : 14. Staying in the Know and Other Extras
  • : 14. Staying in the Know and Other Extras

Additional information

GOR004437047
9781444171228
1444171224
Break Into Travel Writing: How to write engaging and vivid travel writing and journalism by Beth Blair
Used - Very Good
Paperback
John Murray Press
2012-11-30
240
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Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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