CRWH and CPWH In House Module Catalogue - Feb 2019-1 (1)

PW2002 Travel Writing
ASSESSMENT: 1 presentation + 1 creative piece
POSSIBLE TUTOR(S): Kass Boucher
‘Class discussions on specific travel pieces led to in depth exploration of travel writing as a craft.’
Travel Writing is not only about the exotic, the extraordinary, or the very expensive. Being a travel writer is a
state of mind, a state of mind that enables you to appreciate the details of all manner of journeys and
destinations – whether overseas or on your doorstep. It’s not so much where you go, but how you look at
where you go that is important to the contemporary travel writer. Your mission is to enable the reader to
see both the strange and familiar in a different light through your eyes.
Travel writing can be a hobby, a matter of purely personal interest and exploration. But, it can also be a
career and there are many opportunities to be published in this medium. From personal travel narratives
that cover journeys of self-discovery and keenly felt passions, to journalistic offerings that provide the reader
of a newspaper, magazine or travel website with inspiration for their next trip.
We will look at examples of both these forms to help you find the right medium for the story that you want
to tell. A presentation will help you organize and focus your research in preparation for writing up your
travel piece so that wherever, and whatever, you write about jumps from the page into the heart and mind
of the reader.
‘Because of the presentation you got to know everyone’s work so you could help them. It made me engage
with my own work more.’