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Student Interviews
“I have learned so much from the U and still continue to learn, it’s truly amazing!” – Lily Girma
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- Travel Writing at Ground Level
- Notes on Codification and Commodification in Travel Writing
- How to Write Narrative Essays Using Scenes
- How to Become a Travel Writer (Seriously)
- How to Write Better by Exercising Your Observation Skills
- 3 Writing Constructions that Obstruct Your Authentic Voice
- Notes on the Ladder of Abstraction
- 30 Skills for Writers
- Components: John McPhee’s Nonfiction Writing Structure
- Components: How to Improve Your Travel Writing with Anecdotes
- How to Write an Attention-Getting Query
- Use Hemingway to Improve Your Travel Writing
- Writing by Remixing: Gordon Lish and Raymond Carver
- 3 Things You Should Never Tell an Editor
- 3 MORE Things You Should Never Tell an Editor
- 10 Words and Phrases We Never Want to See in Travel Writing Again
- 5 MORE Words We Never Want to See in Travel Writing Again
- 5 Techniques for Writing Bilingual Dialogue
- Do Freebies Undermine Honesty in Travel Writing?
- Field Notes from Elizabeth Eslami
- Field Notes from Mary Sojourner
- How Do You Advance as a Writer?
- Four Ways to Sound Like a Jerk in Your Travel Writing (And How to Avoid Them)
- How to Develop Convincing Dialogue in Your Travel Writing
- How to Develop Personal Brand as a Writer
- How to Discern Fallacious Arguments
- How to Get — And Keep Getting — Paid Online Travel Writing Gigs
- How to Take Better Notes for Travel Writing
- How to Write Better: 2 Thoughts on Self-Awareness
- 4 Ways to Increase Your Chances of Getting Published
- 3 Writing Styles That Kill Your Authenticity