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@mrdavidwhitley I think you've got the wrong end of the stick. This site is called 'Wannabe Hacks', it's for 'wannabes'. I'm not claiming to be a professional travel writer or the world's best, I'm simply claiming to be a trainee journalist and editorial assistant doing everything I can to make it as a travel writer. This is my experience so far and this is what I've found works. If I'd made it as a professional, I wouldn't be writing guest posts.
@travelfish Yea, I tried them on a test site. Awkward to use too. TNW has a custom install for $. The whole "listening" thing is creepy
@TLWH @mrdavidwhitley Aye. So it's a good thing I stand by what I say on my entire twitter feed ;)
And how does a wannabe travel journalist make enough money to earn a decent living? Press trips don't pay bills. It's very easy to get the odd travel writing job that puts a few quid in you bank account. To get enough of them to live on is a different matter altogether.
This is a typical exercise in dream-selling, rather than practical travel advice. The key things anyone wanting to get into travel writing will need are:
1. An ability to identify a good story (NOT just write about what they did on their gap year).
2. Write well and research hard - it's often the boring information that's profitable.
It's a myth that you need to write for free. Get the right story and show you can write and the editor will commission an article. If your idea is good enough and you can write, people will pay for it. If you're offering your work for free, you're essentially saying that you don't think the story is very good or you don't think you're very good.
@theidlepoor Great. Let me know how it goes. I go through phases of being enthused and despairing.
@atkinsondavid great - I'm going to be doing some teaching at swansea uni - was in Laugharne last month - never been to Vienna
@theidlepoor Home last week, teaching some classes. Next job Klimt's Vienna in two weeks, still got an eye on Brown's Hotel for Easter. D
@atkinsondavid god that was an obnoxious post to read. I'd leave a comment but not willing to be sucked in.
@atkinsondavid I took to twitter to rant. It's ruining my coffee. Key point: calls self 'hack'. site called 'wannabe'
@shaneyhudson @atkinsondavid Don't let this stuff grind your gears. It's not like we'll get one job less because of this sort of hooey.
@journalism Good blog on getting into travel journalism. Back in the real non gap world it will be tougher #travel #workshop
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