Should Travel Writers have a blog?
Should a Travel Writer have a blog? Well if you are writer then you know the answer to this. As any writer you are compelled to write something every day. A blog that you own is a perfect avenue for you to share this urge on a daily basis and be absolutely sure that you will be published. After all if you are the owner/editor of your own blog then you know your work will be seen by at least someone. But is this a good thing? Do you really want your work to be seen by so many people? Yes you do!
Let me explain why owning a travel blog is ideal for any budding travel writer. First of all this gives you an opportunity to showcase your work to other publishers on a daily basis. This also allows you to come up with your own “voice” that really only develops after some serious writing time. The best way to get good at travel writing or writing in general is to practice this craft every day. Perhaps one day you produce something that you believe to be sub-par to your skills. Then you can use this one example of your writing to help motivate yourself to produce something better. It is the desire to produce high quality work that will drive your success.
In fact just owning one travel blog may not be enough. Perhaps you would prefer to write on a variety of subjects. Is there one country you particularly enjoy visiting? Then pick two or three cities to write about in that country and get to work. This also would allow you to establish relationships with other writers who publish stories on these same cities. After a while you will gain a reputation as being an authority on those cities and recieve the ever so coveted press passes that many of us so desire.
So if you want to be a travel writer or writer at all then get to work WRITING. You will not be able to get a start until you seize the day and take control over what you do everyday.Now is the time to get started!
