Writing On The Move: A Motorhomer’s Top Tips For Travel Writers

Writer JUNE RICHARDSON shares the secrets to successful travel writing from the backseat of her motorhome. What can be a better life for a travel writer than sightseeing in a motorhome? Every day offers potential new adventures – and article angles! Here’s how to make the most of your travel writing while on the road.  […]

Travel Writing From Home

Overseas adventures face an uncertain future after the COVID-19 pandemic. ANDREW EARL-PEACOCK explores ways you can keep your inner wanderer satisfied while staying local. “Travel is a state of mind. It has nothing to do with existence or the exotic. It is almost always an inner experience.” Paul Theroux’s words have never seemed so relevant. […]

Write Tight: Tips for Short Writing

Re-used with kind permission from Poynter Online for Journalists: www.poynter.org IDEA •Move quickly from assignment to budget line.•Brainstorm the reader’s questions.•Decide on a focus early but being willing to be flexible, to change with the information you report. FOCUS •Be ruthless about finding the heart of the story: an effective story has a single dominant impression.•Address […]