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3 Tips For Identifying Great Story Ideas From Your Travels

Travel is stressful enough, but when you’re trying to work, as well, your anxiety level can go up even more. Every trip has the potential for a hundred story ideas, but the question of what exactly to write about always rears its ugly, jet-lagged head. Here are three tips to help you pinpoint those story focuses.

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How To Overcome Negative Travel Experiences For A Well Balanced Story

When writers have a negative experience during their travels, they often face a dilemma when they go to write about it: How much should be revealed, and how should one balance the downsides with the reasons why a place is worth checking out?
To help decide, I’ve compiled these tips to help address those very issues.

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3 Tips For Reworking Your Story Without Losing Your Mind

Once we’re able to actually get out an entire story, we’re so excited and have such a sense of accomplishment that we just want to bask in that glory—and so it’s exhausting and sometimes defeating to have to go back and keep reworking it until the nuts and bolts are right. It’s important, though, to retain your original vision as much as possible, and so here are some tips for getting from the A to B of this without losing your sanity:

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Figuring Out The Best Places To Travel In 2019

In the same way that gardeners look forward to the seed catalog every spring and movie fans eagerly await the Oscar nominations, travel writers see the beginning of a new year as the exciting time to take a look at what destinations are capturing the wanderlust of the world. Here are a few things to consider when you’re drooling over the latest list.

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4 Ways To Fulfill Your Travel Writing Dreams In 2019

If you feel overdue for a reminder of what to do and what not to do on your journey toward living the wonderful life you envision, I’ve distilled some of advice I read recently in a popular book on finding your purpose and following your dreams, with examples of how it can apply to travel writing, to help you start 2019 off right.

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How To Find Time To Write In Your Already Busy Schedule

Life coaches repeatedly tell us that we all have the exact same amount of time, and that’s true. The differences between what some people get done and others don’t, though, is in where they choose to put their efforts. Here are some things to think about as you try to fit travel writing into your busy schedule.

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Deciding Your Writer’s Fee – And Dealing With Contracts

Issues around payment are among the most-asked questions I get, and for good reason: There are very few standards regarding freelancer pay, and there is even less concrete information out there about what a freelance travel writer should get paid. Let’s address some of that, and look at ways to work with an editor to ensure that they show you the money.

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4 Ways To Know If You Have A Solid Travel Story Idea

Because each trip can yield a hundred very different stories, travel writers have to drill down a bit to find the ideal one that will capture their experiences and meet the needs of publications and their readers. Here are four filters to run your story idea through to determine if it’s a good one.

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4 Steps To Revise Your Travel Story Into A Publishable Piece

One draft is never enough. While the first thoughts in your head that you put down on paper are often some of the best, that doesn’t mean you’re done writing — it’s impossible to craft a thorough, thoughtful and error-free piece that’s ready for publication on the first try. Here’s my template for a four-step draft process that can help.

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Your Writing Voice And How To Unlock It

Even though your writing voice is already largely set — based on a variety of factors, including the things you’ve spent time reading over the years, how much you’ve been practicing your writing, and even your confidence level — you can focus more on a few things to ensure that your voice is coming through in your writing. Here are some tips for doing just that.

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