The Flourishing Creator

I’ve always been frustrated by how most travel writing programs approach this.

Not only do they typically forgo giving you a systematic (and thus tried-and-true and efficient!) method to writing an article, if they give you any specific “training” on writing pieces, it often goes something like this:

• You’re asked to come up with an idea out of the blue.
• You’re expected to write it with no particular magazine or format as a framework.
• You’re given feedback on that one specific article (unsaleable because it’s pre-written without an approved pitch!) without any guidance really about what to do the next time you want to write an article–especially something different.
  

This kills me. You completely miss out on:

• coming to grips with how rigid magazine formats can be (which saves you tons of drafting time trying to decide what to write)
• understanding how to mold your article idea for different types of articles (and all of the excellent resale value that lies there!)
• using the leg-up a predefined structure gives you on dictating exactly what research does (and does not) need to be done
• building confidence that you can complete whatever article you are assigned, even if the editor shifts away from the way you originally presented your idea

What We Do Instead

Over the course of a whole year, we went through 13 different article formats in three main groupings:

• short (front-of-book and back-of-book) articles:
  • news briefs
  • front-of-book round-ups
  • trend pieces
  • business profiles
  • “postcards”
• feature-style articles
  • quest pieces
  • guide features
  • basket-of-kittens features
  • diary pieces
• interview-centric articles
  • as-told-to features
  • profile pieces
  • interview pieces
  • celebrity favorites pieces

People sometimes ask me if these are the “correct” names for these article types.

It’s hard to say, because, one of the reasons I wanted to put together such a detailed series is that no one really covers this. Especially not to the level of depth of incorporating primary source material in the form of articles published in major, mainstream travel magazines.

That’s one of the reasons I wanted to put together such a detailed series.

Right now you can pick and choose which of these article classes will help you make an impact on editors and take $100 right now for a limited time.

(We also have webinars on writing essays and structuring your features that aren’t part of these series that you may want to check out!)

How to spend your $100 coupon

After a long break, we are officially reopening Dream of Travel Writing with a very special Open House.

As a thank you for being part of our community, we’re offering a special coupon exclusively for our Flourishing Newsletter subscribers. You can take $100 off any personally-selected set of classes in our store.

If you’re not already a subscriber, simply add your name in the form below to receive your unique coupon code.

Your $100 off coupon can only be used for a limited time, so don’t miss out!

Here are some webinars specifically about the types of travel articles that might get you traction with what you’re struggling with right now:

• Article Nuts and Bolts: Putting Together a News Brief – Master the art of structuring your articles to streamline your writing process and save time before you even start researching.
• Article Nuts and Bolts: Putting Together a Front-of-Book Round-Up – Dive deep into crafting trend pieces, a must-have skill for efficiently producing compelling magazine staples.
• Article Nuts and Bolts: Putting Together a Trend Piece – Uncover the secrets to creating captivating trend pieces that are essential for successful magazine writing.
• Article Nuts and Bolts: Putting Together a Business Profile – Learn how to structure business profiles effectively, a crucial component of any freelance travel writer’s toolkit.
• Article Nuts and Bolts: How to Put Together a “Postcard” – Explore the nuances of writing evocative postcards that capture atmospheric moments and transport readers to another place.
• Article Nuts and Bolts: How to Put Together a Guide Feature – Learn how to create guide features that break down complex destinations or topics into easily digestible round-ups.
• Article Nuts and Bolts: How to Put Together a Basket of Kittens Feature – Delve into crafting engaging features that explore a collection of intriguingly related topics.
• Article Nuts and Bolts: How to Put Together a Quest Piece – Discover how to craft compelling quest pieces that are easy to pitch, engaging to readers, and straightforward to research.
• Article Nuts and Bolts: How to Put Together a Diary Piece – Hone your skills in writing diary pieces that are quick to produce but tricky to master, perfect for websites and newspapers.
• Article Nuts and Bolts: Putting Together a Profile Piece – Gain insights into mastering profile writing, one of the most challenging yet rewarding article types.
• Article Nuts and Bolts: Putting Together an Interview Piece – Learn how to efficiently structure interview pieces, making them one of the most time-effective articles to write.
• Article Nuts and Bolts: Putting Together a Celebrity Favorites Piece – Explore how to create engaging celebrity favorites pieces that editors love but rarely receive enough of.
• Article Nuts and Bolts: Putting Together an As-Told-To Feature – Discover how to tell fascinating stories through As-Told-To features, a staple of major magazines.

What other cool free stuff can you get during our open house?

Our Open House is a special event where you’ll get an exclusive look at the exciting changes coming to Dream of Travel Writing.

In addition to taking $100 off in our store, you can join free classes to learn

• how to create a science-backed system to flourish in your life and business
• how to create an actionable plan for any problem that arises in your life and business with the research-backed HOW method
• how real, evidence-based coaching can create startling results for your stickiest problems

You’ll also have a chance to peek into our VIP (Very Insightful Professionals) Group Coaching Program!
In these calls, you’ll experience a preview of our intimate group coaching sessions, where you’ll be coached specifically with our HOW method and feel what a difference it makes on a problem you’re facing right now. Learn more about how to join soon.

We can’t wait to share what we’ve been working on.

Delivery details:

• In the webinar shop, add any of the classes to your cart and enter the code you received in your inbox
• The classes will be available immediately in your user profile on webinars.dreamoftravelwriting.com, and you will also receive an email for each webinar with the links to the downloadable audio, video, and transcript files.

Important general notes on our Open House Specials:

• The coupon expires September 30, so make sure you pick out your classes before then. And the coupon will only work for classes, not any of our live programs
• if you have more items than the value of the coupon, you can just pay the difference on the site.