Travel Writing Workshop Timetable

10.00am

Session One: How To Write Publishable Travel Feature Articles

  • Professional research resources and skills for travel writers

  • Use of language and style: Developing your travel writing prose

11.30am

Coffee break and practical exercises

11.50am

Session Two: The Components Of Travel Features And Their Underlying Ideas

  • Giving your travel features a satisfying structure

  • Case study: Participants plan a short travel feature

1.00pm

Lunch break: including practical exercise

2.00pm

Session Three: Getting Your Travel Writing Into Print

How to get your first travel features published                                       

  • Selecting the best subject matter for publication

  • The secrets of pitching successfully to travel editors

  •  How travel editors choose articles for publication

3.30pm

Tea break, 20 minutes including practical exercise

3.50pm

Session Four: More Tips On Marketing And Selling Your Travel Features

  • How the travel writing industry works and getting your trips sponsored

  • Travel writing for the internet and how to blog profitably

  • Feedback on your case study travel feature

  • Next steps: advice on making your way in travel writing and journalism

5.15pm

Final question and answer session

5.30pm

Workshop ends.

Please bear in mind that the finish time of 5.30pm has to be approximate, given that this is a day long course. In practice the workshop finishes anytime between 5.10pm and 5.50pm.

And the workshop day is followed by unlimited post-course individual support and feedback


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