What is needed to effectively begin the road to journey into freelance writing? What skills, experience, equipment, education, and temperament are best suited for a successful journey as a writer?
Requirements to start your career in freelance travel writing quite basic.
Most of us have heard the slogan from the popular athletic shoe maker - "Just Do It". That applies here. You just have to start writing. If you are not interested in writing, if you can not discipline yourself to write regularly, then you should not try to be a travel writer. Yes, that's the hard truth of travel writing - you have to write. But you do not need to write a novel, you only need to record, observe, and write regularly.
You need to have an opinion, a voice. When you regularly write about your trip, or just your daily experiences, your voice will begin to develop in the words you put down on paper. By maintaining and developing the voice, the articles you submit will stand out and become more attractive. Editors will be more likely to notice and publish your work. Tell the reader what you really think! (Well, within reason)
Working hand in hand with the emergence of your written voice are your observation power. When you walk down the street near your house, try to look like your visitors and never seen it before. What do you consider the things that have escaped your attention in the past? Learn to train your power of observation every chance you get. Seeing people, seeing subtle changes in daylight as autumn turns to summer, take nothing for granted.
You have now entered into the habit of writing regularly, you are developing a unique writing style and voice, and expressing that voice with your thoughts and observations about the world around you. You've got a good start to becoming a successful freelance travel writer. There are some things you need to complete the picture of a candidate travel writer.
You should be able to do research. Today, most of the pre-trip research can be done online in the comfort of your own home. But you should not need a computer, you can always go to your local library to do your research. But research is a must. For example, if you plan to go to Costa Rica, you'll want to know the basics like climate and weather, population and culture, major attractions, industry, government, and the additional information that may be associated with what you plan to write about. You want to get a feel for the country or region and the people before you leave home. Once you arrive at your destination, you'll want to find unique and interesting aspects of the region and its inhabitants. Try to find things that the average tourist would find interesting and unique - dig a little deeper. Find and talk to the locals, read local newspapers, arrange to interview people who can help bring articles to life - business people, historians, tour operators - Or perhaps just people on the street to get the local color. That more research like this you can collect more behavioral and unique your articles.
The last thing is the willingness and desire to learn. Reading books and taking a course of travel writing. Many good books are available on the subject. There are college-level courses available as well as several trips home study courses are very well written.
You'll want to get your hands on travel writing as much as you can. Subscribe to one or two travel magazines, read the travel section in the local newspaper, buy travel books. Find out what editors look for in a travel article. See if you can see the basic structure of a well written travel article. In particular, note that the lead article, how do you attract? How good is the country with the theme? After a few sentences, if you are motivated to read more? After the lead and set the theme, how well does the article prove that theme and paint a picture. Do you have a sense of place as you read the article body? Once again, is the author of your images through an article in exciting and interesting? If so, how does he do it? If not, what is lacking? Finally, how well does the author bring this article to a close? Does he effectively reflect on the lead and restate the theme? Did she leave you with an urgent feeling inside of you to visit a destination or try an activity or find out more?
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Requirements to start your career in freelance travel writing quite basic.
Most of us have heard the slogan from the popular athletic shoe maker - "Just Do It". That applies here. You just have to start writing. If you are not interested in writing, if you can not discipline yourself to write regularly, then you should not try to be a travel writer. Yes, that's the hard truth of travel writing - you have to write. But you do not need to write a novel, you only need to record, observe, and write regularly.
You need to have an opinion, a voice. When you regularly write about your trip, or just your daily experiences, your voice will begin to develop in the words you put down on paper. By maintaining and developing the voice, the articles you submit will stand out and become more attractive. Editors will be more likely to notice and publish your work. Tell the reader what you really think! (Well, within reason)
Working hand in hand with the emergence of your written voice are your observation power. When you walk down the street near your house, try to look like your visitors and never seen it before. What do you consider the things that have escaped your attention in the past? Learn to train your power of observation every chance you get. Seeing people, seeing subtle changes in daylight as autumn turns to summer, take nothing for granted.
You have now entered into the habit of writing regularly, you are developing a unique writing style and voice, and expressing that voice with your thoughts and observations about the world around you. You've got a good start to becoming a successful freelance travel writer. There are some things you need to complete the picture of a candidate travel writer.
You should be able to do research. Today, most of the pre-trip research can be done online in the comfort of your own home. But you should not need a computer, you can always go to your local library to do your research. But research is a must. For example, if you plan to go to Costa Rica, you'll want to know the basics like climate and weather, population and culture, major attractions, industry, government, and the additional information that may be associated with what you plan to write about. You want to get a feel for the country or region and the people before you leave home. Once you arrive at your destination, you'll want to find unique and interesting aspects of the region and its inhabitants. Try to find things that the average tourist would find interesting and unique - dig a little deeper. Find and talk to the locals, read local newspapers, arrange to interview people who can help bring articles to life - business people, historians, tour operators - Or perhaps just people on the street to get the local color. That more research like this you can collect more behavioral and unique your articles.
The last thing is the willingness and desire to learn. Reading books and taking a course of travel writing. Many good books are available on the subject. There are college-level courses available as well as several trips home study courses are very well written.
You'll want to get your hands on travel writing as much as you can. Subscribe to one or two travel magazines, read the travel section in the local newspaper, buy travel books. Find out what editors look for in a travel article. See if you can see the basic structure of a well written travel article. In particular, note that the lead article, how do you attract? How good is the country with the theme? After a few sentences, if you are motivated to read more? After the lead and set the theme, how well does the article prove that theme and paint a picture. Do you have a sense of place as you read the article body? Once again, is the author of your images through an article in exciting and interesting? If so, how does he do it? If not, what is lacking? Finally, how well does the author bring this article to a close? Does he effectively reflect on the lead and restate the theme? Did she leave you with an urgent feeling inside of you to visit a destination or try an activity or find out more?
Simak
Baca secara fonetik
