In this course, you'll learn how to expand your freelance writing career by mastering travel writing. The skills and experience you'll gain covering travel can be applied to all your writing.

We'll assess the travel writing market, from guidebooks to magazines, and set individual writing agendas for the duration of the class. We'll discuss the inner workings of the field, describing how travel editors think, what kind of stories and guidebook pitches they're likely to be interested in, and what they want from their writers.

We'll also diagram the many different styles of travel writing, from covering nitty-gritty practical information to longer features and essays, and identify the types of stories editors most often assign to freelancers. We'll study the critical role of pitch letters, analyze key components to strong travel writing, and discuss how and why you can use travel writing as a springboard to other genres.

In this class, you will learn:

• How to break into travel writing
• The rules of reporting, interviewing, finding sources, and making the most of local color
• What travel editors look for in a pitch and how to get them to notice you
• Where to find story ideas in any locale, and how to pitch them successfully
• What to do when you get to your destination
• How to turn one trip into dozens of salable story ideas
• Where to pitch travel articles besides travel publications

By the end of class, you will have:
Two salable pieces with pitch letters to match, along with the know-how to send them out

Admission Requirements:
Please submit a letter of interest (including a brief work history).