Beyond the Travel Hype

Make it yours

Three ways to take this prompt somewhere nobody else will.

1. Open with a specific story, then widen out to the big idea.
2. Write for a curious friend, not an expert.
3. End with something the reader can do or think about today.

Writing travel books

Somewhere else, seen through someone's eyes.

Travel writing takes readers somewhere they may never go, through the eyes of someone who did. Guidebooks tell you where to eat; travel narratives tell you what the journey did to the traveler.

What readers expect

• A strong sense of place
• A curious, personal narrator
• Encounters with local people
• A journey with a shape

A tip before you start

The trip is the frame; the traveler's change is the story. A list of places isn't a book.

More about travel in our book genres guide