Turn your passion into a career and make $$$ from your travels
If you dream of living the romantic life of a travel writer where you are getting paid to explore the globe then read on and let us show you how.
Many magazines and newspapers rely on freelance contributions to fill their pages. Travel editors are always looking for well-written articles accompanied by photographs. If you have read the travel sections of newspapers and magazines and believe you could write something too, then you most probably can.
There are a number of opportunities available to travel writers. These include being a staff writer on a newspaper or magazine, writing travel guides and travel literature and being a presenter or researcher for a TV or radio travel program. Most of these jobs require you to have completed a degree at university or college and then it is often only luck that will allow you to work in these areas. Providing freelance travel articles and photographs to publications is another kettle of fish because you don't necessarily need to be a qualified journalist or photographer to supply articles or photos. As long as you have the necessary skills then you should be able to make money from your travel writing.
To provide freelance travel articles to markets you need three things:
- The ability to write a great travel article
- Able to shoot and send an accompanying photograph
- The ability to approach markets effectively by having a winning introduction letter
These skills can be gained by undertaking a short course in travel writing such as LiveWork&Play’s Correspondence Freelance Travel Writing Course.
If your dream is to become a freelance travel writer and make money from your travels but you are wondering where on earth to start, you have come to the right place to get your career started.
Get the skills you need to succeed
Here at LiveWork&Play our aim is to provide you with the skills you need to produce travel articles suitable to sell to publications. Having such skills will enable you to begin and continue to make a living out of your travel experiences.
About our course
There are five lessons which will take you through the steps involved in getting an idea into a saleable format.
We should warn you from the outset that our course is very hands-on. We do not bog you down with loads of reading material as we believe travel writing is about doing. We will keep you busy with relevant exercises and assignments.
Five lessons
Lesson 1 - Let's get started
- Introduction (let's face it, every course requires an introduction)
- Essential equipment – your tools of the trade
- Finding ideas and turning them into articles
- Photographs – provide a complete package
Lesson 2 - To market to market
- Markets
- Setting up your own database of markets
- Adapting your article and photographs to a market
- Multiple sales of your work
- Copyright
Lesson 3 - The mechanics of your article
- Styles/approaches of articles
- The layout
- Intro-body-conclusion
- The by-line
- Sidebars
- Editing – punctuation and grammar
Lesson 4 - Contacting markets
- How to contact markets (email, letter or telephone)
- The contact email/letter
Lesson 5 - The business of writing
- Can you make a living
- Tax and the writer
- Copyright and other legalities
As you can see from the contents of the lessons, by the end of our course you will have an article written with an accompanying photograph and a market chosen to send your work too. You will also have a greater knowledge about being a travel writer and what is involved.
What you need to do the course
- A love of travel
- Curiosity
- Enthusiasm
- An understanding of the English language
- The willingness to learn
- Access to a computer or typewriter
- Typing skills
Study at home or on the road at your own pace, no classrooms, no deadlines, no hassles
Our course is done by correspondence. This will enable you to undertake our lessons and do your assignments under your own steam and in your own privacy. This takes away the pressure associated with going to classes. Also, the embarrassment if you haven't done your homework.
Email or snailmail
We can send you the lessons via slow mail or email, whichever suits you.
If you are heading off travelling soon, don't worry, you can do your lessons while travelling because we can email them to you.
No start or end dates
There are no start or end dates to your course. When we receive confirmation from you you wish to do our course and your payment you are sent your first lesson. You can start this whenever you like.
How long does it take to complete?
That is entirely up to you. You may do one lesson a week therefore, it would only take you five weeks to complete. You may be quicker, you may be slower. It is entirely up to you.
No exams
That's absolutely right. No exams! Because there are no right or wrong answers.
About your tutor
Your tutor is Sharyn McCullum. She has spent many years travelling the world and continues to do so. She has written three travel guides: LiveWork&Play in London and the UK (now in 4th edition), LiveWork&Play in Australia, 2nd edition and LiveWork&Play around the World.
She has also written many travel articles which have been published not only in Australia but overseas. She has written this course and will be your personal one-on-one guide taking you through to completion. All your contact will be with her so if at any time you need to ask questions during the course she will be available to you to answer them. She has successfully completed Workplace Trainer Category 1 qualification which enables her to teach the course.
The cost
The LW&P Correspondence Course costs $275 (incl GST). Full payments can be made either online or by cheque or money order. So come on, what are you waiting for. Order today to get your travel writing career up and running!
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Five weeks from now you could be a travel writer!
"The course gave me the confidence to send an article to an editor, and it was accepted".
Trish Noble, Cork, Ireland.
"The course brought out writing skills I didn't know I had. I am now living in the UK and selling articles to magazines and newspapers".
Eric Hanson, Melbourne, Australia
"I have dreamed of being a travel writer for many years but just didn't know where to start. This course has given me the skills and confidence I needed. I haven't sold anything yet, but I'm working on it!"
Julie Thompson, Oxford, England
"My husband is in the armed services and I have followed him to many countries. I undertook this course purely to fill in my time. I have surprised myself as to how much I enjoyed the course and I have even sold a couple of articles. Thanks".
Bianca Smith, Vancouver, Canada
"I love to fish. I didn't realise I could make money telling people about my fishing trips. Thanks guys for helping me".
Ed Tradero, Vincentia, Australia
"I managed to squeeze in this course while travelling in Thailand. It was the best thing I ever did as I was able to get all my ideas out of my head and onto paper".
Lisette Holman, Holland
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