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Welcome to the wonderful world of travel writing! The beginning of this article has certainly been a challenge for me because I didn’t really know where to start, but as it began to unfold, the clearer my thoughts became! Thank goodness for cutting and erasing on my computer!
In this new age of laptops, digital cameras, and not knowing what other gadgets are on the market today, travel writing remains what it is! It is a real and vivid documentary of the things you saw, heard and did while on vacation or just traveling through some town or place in the woods! It is your view or your reaction to the environment around you. By putting it all together for a travel article, it’s up to you to bring your readers into the picture and let them feel your reaction as if they were right next to you. That’s why it’s so important to go beyond simply documenting your travels. Live them, feel them and let your readers feel your reaction through your words.
The next time you’re headed for an assignment or just going on a weekend getaway, don’t forget your digital camera, an ample supply of rechargeable batteries, extra memory cards for taking pictures, and a bag full of pens and pens. spiral note taking
When you’re really where you want to be and start taking photos, write everything down: write your reaction to the old lady in the window who looked like a witch and kept staring at you as you walked into the restaurant. Who was she? Why did she look at you like she saw a ghost? Why was she startled when your eyes met hers?
Be observant of your surroundings and of the people you meet. Write down everything that might be important to your next story; trust nothing in memory. Too much information is much better than not having enough.
Visit local tourist centers and ask for brochures and travel guides. Don’t be afraid to ask questions about the locals. Find out if there is any history in the area that is noteworthy for a destination travel article. Suppose Jesse James stayed at the historic hotel across the street and they had a room full of memorabilia (his boots, his gun, and his belt) and other things he may have forgotten. There’s an angle to the story of his journey, but dig deeper: what if that hotel is said to be haunted by someone other than Jesse James? Jesse James really isn’t enough for people to travel that far in any country to a dilapidated little hotel just to see a little room half-filled with Jesse James memorabilia. You have to dig deep and find something that can excite your readers.
Request a room, stay there, listen to the creaks and things banging in the night, listen to the ghost that haunts the hallway late at night, did you see anything? Did the hairs on the back of your neck stand on end when the blast of cold air from nowhere hurled you as you stood in the hallway?
Write down the things you saw and heard. How did you feel? Let your readers feel the fear that she felt when she was alone on the top floor of that haunted hotel. Where were all the others? Why were you alone? Was he really haunted? Or was it just your imagination from the stories you had heard? Write it down and let your readers help you decide if the haunting was real or not. Did anyone else hear the noises you heard? Who was the shadow that slipped through your door just before you closed the door? Who was crying in the hallway after you walked in and closed the door? When you opened the door, the sound stopped: there was no one there.
What about that blurry image that kept showing up in some of the photos you took? What was it? Who was? You didn’t see anyone when you were shooting. Creepy huh?
Write them an article that lures them to come to that particular place, an old dilapidated hotel with a creepy past ninety miles from nowhere, let them feel your excitement and fear as you climb into bed, don’t just talk about the noises that you heard coming from the hallway late at night; let them hear the fear as you write, especially when you heard the woman scream in the next room and you were too afraid to get out of bed to go see.
It may scare some people and they may never want to visit the haunted hotel, but its story is likely to draw many people to that small hotel located in no country just to see for themselves if it was haunted or not. That’s what your travel article needs to do: go beyond documenting the things you learned, the things you saw or heard: your readers must feel the same excitement you do for a place or all the documentation in the world will never draw them in. this place. especially if it’s ninety miles from nowhere!
In essence, you must present a travel story that goes beyond documentation: it must have real feelings that amaze the reader and make them want to visit the place of interest. Save boring documentation for travel brochures and the like.
It brings out the reality and life of a place and people will be drawn to visit it again and again.