Need help with travel writing

There is an ethical travel site called 'Bradt Travel' - I think they have resources on their site for helping you with travel writing. Also askaboutwriting. net is a good writers' site, I think they also have stuff on the site to help you write.
My own advice (very personal, and my own blogs are much too long and rambly!) is maybe be more anecdotal in your writing - when I was travelling, my friends said what they most enjoyed about my blogs was that they were quite entertaining, as I would write more about things that happened ie on a bus journey, or in a post office - sometimes those things are the things which help people at home get more of a flavour of what you're experiencing. And keep it personal - maybe the so-and-so mountain or fort or palace or ancient site was very beautiful, but maybe that day you were just feeling hot and sweaty because of the monsoon season, and you'd just pushed your way through a crowded market area, or maybe your attention was caught by the lady outside the temple selling flower-garlands, or coconut juice, - put those bits in, they're the bits which make it rich. It's like art - I remember an artist once saying to me, the reason people think they can't draw is because they're not drawing what they're seeing, they're drawing what they THINK they're seeing - so they 'think' mountain and instead of drawing the mountain in front of them, with the different colours of the rock, and the way the shadows are falling on it, they're drawing their own idea of a mountain. Same in a sense with writing - you THINK you're seeing a beautiful pagoda/temple/mountain etc, but what is around it? what's happening outside? inside? what are you feeling? what sounds are around you? is someone there hassling you to 'buy buy buy'? Are you thinking about how you're going to find the bus that takes you back? etc etc.
Anyway, hope that's a bit helpful 😊 Reply to this