Join Us for Free Travel Writing Lessons on Story Structure and Constructing Front-of-Book Features
In the two years since we began running regular one-hour travel writing classes, we’ve covered more than 80 topics, including:
- how to land free trips
- how to get paid really, really well for your writing
- how to get on magazine editors’ good sides
- how to navigate every step of the process to land travel content marketing work, including phone calls and proposals
- how to keep your hourly rate down so your bank account goes up
- how to get work done on the road
- how to write, step-by-step, 15 different types of travel articles
- how to land guidebook and other traditional publishing deals
You can grab access to all of our past webinars (and a ton of other resources you can’t find anywhere else) with a subscription to our Dream Buffet or grab them one-by-one when you need them in our On-Demand Webinar Library for a set with the video, audio, transcript, and slides.
But we also air a free replay of one of our travel writing classes each and every weekday.
Each weekday at 2pm PST / 5pm EST / 10pm GMT / 11pm CET (and 9am AEDT Tues-Sat), we show one webinar from our archives, rotating though all of them over the course of four months.
Here’s what we’ve got for you this week:
Monday, July 22, 5pm EST: Article Nuts and Bolts: Putting Together a Guide Feature
As we continue our series walking through the construction of different types of articles, we hone in on the easy-to-write (and pitch!) staple of magazines everywhere: the front-of-book round-up.
A second type of round-up feature, the guide piece separates a large amount of information on a destination or topic into mini round-ups.
Register to attend this webinar at 5pm EST on Monday, July 22.
Missed the free replay? You can grab a downloadable version of this webinar from our library here.
Tuesday, July 23, 5pm EST: Article Nuts and Bolts: Putting Together a Postcard Piece
Its trivial name suggests many things, and a well-written postcard creates all of those sense memories and more. “Postcards,” which offer an atmospheric moment in a place, are dying art, but an excellent one for those in travel writing for the writing aspect.
Register to attend this webinar at 5pm EST on Tuesday, July 23.
Missed the free replay? You can grab a downloadable version of this webinar from our library here.
Wednesday, July 24, 5pm EST: Article Nuts and Bolts: Putting Together a Diary Piece
A staple of websites and newspapers (yes!) these pieces are easy to do badly, so learn how to do them easily as they’re a quick type of article.
Register to attend this webinar at 5pm EST on Wednesday, July 24.
Missed the free replay? You can grab a downloadable version of this webinar from our library here.
Thursday, July 25, 5pm EST: Story Structure to Take Your Travel Articles to the Next Level
Whether you’ve been scared of taking the leap into features because you’re “not that kind of writer” or have been wanting to move into features (or even starting to get those assignments) but spend an inordinate amount of time trying to research and structure those pieces so it feels like more work than it’s worth, this webinar is for you.
We explore classic story structures that have been employed, literally, for millennia to guarantee an interesting story as well as travel feature-specific story structures that will have you turning out stories in an hour or two each.
Register to attend this webinar at 5pm EST on Thursday, July 25.
Missed the free replay? You can grab a downloadable version of this webinar from our library here.
Friday, July 26, 5pm EST: Article Nuts and Bolts: Putting Together a Quest Piece
The bread-and-butter of travel features, the quest piece, is one of the easiest features to pitch, get readers interested in, and research.
Register to attend this webinar at 5pm EST on Friday, July 26.
Missed the free replay? You can grab a downloadable version of this webinar from our library here.
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You can read all about our free webinar replays and get answers to any questions you have on our comprehensive FAQ page or grab any webinars you have missed in our On-Demand Webinar Library.