Teach Yourself Travel Writing (Teach Yourself: Writing) (Paperback)

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Teach Yourself Travel Writing gives you the tools to parlay your passion for visiting faraway places into a lucrative career. It explores the markets for travel writing and schools you in the business fundamentals, from writing irresistible proposals to negotiating fees. The book also explains how to craft compelling travel pieces, including where to find great story ideas, describing locations, and conveying character traits.

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This experienced author shares her knowledge and expertise to help aspiring authors find their voice. This book demonstrates how to develop ideas and gives plenty of opportunities for practicing newly acquired writing skills, taking the germ of an idea to a finished work. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill; 2 edition (June 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0071478817
• ISBN-13: 978-0071478816
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #849,427 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good basic journalism, December 12, 2007

By	Barbara Hudgins "author of "Crafting the... (New Jersey, USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

The author offers good solid journalistic information, geared toward the travel writer. Who, what, where, when and why, "show don't tell", hooking the reader with a good lead and other writing conventions are covered with great care in this book.

Even though it's called "Teach yourself Travel Writing" don't expect writing exercises to be part of the format. It turns out that "Teach Yourself" is simply the series name of the publisher. But the author does cover photography basics, article types, research, travel protocol and more besides the general journalistic practices. There is even a chapter on guidebooks.

Although I bought a copy only a short time ago (11/2007) some of the material seems to date back to the 1990s. When was the last time you used a dot matrix printer? Laptops and pdas are not mentioned and digital cameras are hardly mentioned. However when it comes to basic writing techniques and standards and how to do research, this book is very good. A glossary of terms at the back is quite helpful.

p.s. I now realize that the reason there was obsolete material is because the book I bought (which is exactly the book shown in the picture with the same cover and same price) is actually the first edition, copyright 2001, 2003. If there is a 2nd edition (2006)Amazon is obviously not selling it! I don't know if that is the publishers fault or Amazon's fault but it's very annoying to get a book that is obviously outdated when there is a newer one available...somewhere. Perhaps in England!

Barbara Hudgins is the author of "Crafting the Travel Guidebook: How to Write, Publish & Sell Your Travel Book".

14 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An enriching read!, January 8, 2002

By	Jessica Janc (Carlsbad, California United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Teach Yourself Travel Writing (Paperback)

As an avid traveler for years, I have kept a diary of all my trips. This book has enriched my journeys and become my guide to achieving a secret goal that I have always had to write about my travel experiences and try to get them published.

17 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Teach Yourself Travel Writing, April 19, 2002

By	Carla G. Stearns (Coronado, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Teach Yourself Travel Writing (Paperback)

I recently had the opportunity to take "Teach Yourself Travel Writing" on a trip. Although I have no intentions of being a travel writer myself, I thought perhaps I could get a few ideas
and capture the essence of my experience. I was not disappointed. "Development of an Article" was very informing.
I have since given this book to several of my traveling friends. It makes a nice "Bon Voyage" gift.