On the Road

Saturday 5 June 2010 - Saturday 6 June 2009

Presented by: Virginia Maxwell
Rating: Introductory and Intermediate
Type: Workshop
Additional dates: Saturday & Sunday, 5-6 June, 10am-4pm

Do you daydream about quitting your job and taking to the road with a laptop? In this workshop, travel writer Virginia Maxwell gives an insight into life on the road and pointers about writing for different travel media (blogs, guidebooks, journalism and travel literature). How can you break into the field? What are the ethical and cultural issues travel writers must confront? Is it possible to make a living doing this? As travel writing changes to meet the demands of electronic media, is the role of the travel writer itself changing? Participants discuss these and other issues, as well as working on a hands-on exercise resembling those used by recruiters at guidebook publishing companies.

Virginia has worked for over a decade in the guidebook industry as an editor, publisher and author. She writes regularly for Lonely Planet Publications and is the author of Insight Publication’s new Melbourne: Step by Step guide. She also writes travel pieces for Australian and international newspapers, magazines and websites.

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