The Best American Travel Writing 2014

Required textbooks: The Best American Travel Writin" rel="nofollow">ing 2014, Ed. Paul Theroux & Jason Wilson. Marin" rel="nofollow">iner Books, 2014. ISBN 978-0544330153 A Sense of Place: Great Travel Writers Talk About Their Craft, Lives, and Inspiration, Ed. Michael Shapiro. Travelers’ Tales, 2004. ISBN 978-1932361087 The Travel Writer's Handbook: How to Write — and Sell — Your Own Travel Experiences, Jacquelin" rel="nofollow">ine Harmon Butler and Louise Purwin" rel="nofollow">in Zobel. Agate Surrey, 2012. ISBN 978- 1572841314 Read the followin" rel="nofollow">ing: “Born on the 9th of July” by Symmes; “In the Abode of the Gods” by Tayler; “Lovin" rel="nofollow">ing Las Vegas” by Whitehead; “Open Water” by Wilsey. From Sense of Place in" rel="nofollow">interviews of Miller, Matthiessen, and Morris. From the Handbook read chapters 16, 17, and 18. Here's the prompt for this paper: The discussion board space is reserved this week for practice composin" rel="nofollow">ing and evaluatin" rel="nofollow">ing query letters. Research a publication that accepts unsolicited travel writin" rel="nofollow">ing manuscripts and compose a query letter directed at that particular publisher. You might even research some sample letters to further assist your plannin" rel="nofollow">ing. You need to write 430 words for that. Also, on the last paragraph of the paper you need to cover these questions by readin" rel="nofollow">ing the required texts and make simple just answer the questions in" rel="nofollow">in a brief answers and make it on the last paragraph. Here are the questions: 1. Would you say If you believe you can be a travel writer, you can be one. 2. Would Travel apps are fast replacin" rel="nofollow">ing traditional travel guidebooks because they are lightweight, in" rel="nofollow">interactive, in" rel="nofollow">inexpensive to publish, and easy to update. 3. Accordin" rel="nofollow">ing to the readin" rel="nofollow">ings What in" rel="nofollow">inspired Taylor's trip to tibet? 4. What in" rel="nofollow">inspired Matthiessen's book Wildlife in" rel="nofollow">in America? 5. "Born on the 9th of July" is greatly concerned with the troubled origin" rel="nofollow">ins of what country? 6. Would Wilsey's "Open Water" is not the kin" rel="nofollow">ind of story that can be written in" rel="nofollow">in a short amount of time. 7. Morris was a part of what significant national expedition? 8. Would The "cactus story" in" rel="nofollow">in the Miller in" rel="nofollow">interview is about about a trigger happy man killed by a cactus. 9. Would Whitehead describes failin" rel="nofollow">ing to earn admittance in" rel="nofollow">into his college creative writin" rel="nofollow">ing workshops as the worst train" rel="nofollow">inin" rel="nofollow">ing for a writer. 10. Would Professional travel writers' organizations, such as the North American Travel Journalists Association, or the International Food, Win" rel="nofollow">ine and Travel Writers Association, often arrange special familiarization trips for their members--from the Arctic Ice Cap to the romantic Del Coronado. You need to write 70 words for that or even less just make sure that you cover the questions in" rel="nofollow">in like a sentence each thats what you need. Thank you!