Travel Writing
1.
Brainstorm a list of events
and/or personal experiences that might make a fun piece of travel writing.
2.
Take 5 minutes to share your
lists with your peers.
3.
Select one event from your
list and write down, using free writing and brainstorming techniques, everything you can about
it during the remainder of the session.
4.
Use the Elements of Good Travel Writing below to identify any
characteristics that are not present in your work or that need to be
strengthened.
5.
Rework your ideas into a
draft, making sure specific sections of their writings focus on the key
elements:
·
Try for a clever attention grabber (this may be the last or
most challenging part).
·
Give enough background
information to set the context: Where
were you? Why were you there? Why was this event important?
·
Clearly describe the
setting. Use details that appeal to
multiple senses.
·
Clearly describe an
important person (alternately, an animal or thing) in the story. Make sure that your reader will understand
who the key people are in the article.
·
Look for places where you
can add dialogue. If the event happened a long time ago, dialogue does not have
to be direct quotations. Focus on the
general comments and feelings in their dialogues.
·
Mix in personal reflections
with the telling of the story.
6.
Bring a completed draft of their travel article to the next
class session for peer review.
Elements of Good Travel
Writing
Travel writing
• centers on a key event.
• uses background information
that builds up to this event.
•may incorporate research to
enhance the background information— even if the writer didn’t know the
information things at the time of the trip.
• clearly describes the
location and focuses on elements that are key to the story or experience.
• clearly describes any
important people so that readers feel as if they know them a little.
• uses dialogue where
possible to help the story“ happen” for the reader .
•mixes reflections on the experience with the retelling to
help the reader see the importance of the experience.
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