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Globejotting: How to Write Extraordinary Travel Journals (and still have time to enjoy your trip!)

by Dave Fox

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A practical guide to recording travel while it is still unfolding

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A practical guide to recording travel while it is still unfolding

Dave Fox’s guide addresses the common gap between an eventful trip and a journal left unfinished. It presents techniques for noticing vivid, specific details and getting them onto the page efficiently, so writing can fit alongside sightseeing and travel plans. The book also treats a travel journal as more than an itinerary: unfamiliar places become material for reflecting on an inner journey as well as documenting an outer one. Alongside advice on working past self-censorship and building confidence, Fox frames the process with humor, keeping the emphasis on usable habits for trips of many lengths.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Travelers who want to keep fuller, more specific journals during a trip
  • Writers seeking practical methods for capturing observations quickly
  • People interested in combining travel notes with personal reflection

Themes

Travel journalingObservation and detailWriting confidenceSelf-discoveryTime-conscious writing practice

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Book overview

Most travel diaries fizzle. By day six of a big trip, people are struggling to recall what happened on days three, four, and five. They return home with mostly empty journals, or bland writing that fails to capture the full spirit of their journeys. Award-winning travel humorist Dave Fox comes to the rescue in this book that's both informative and irreverently funny. You'll learn to:

 

- Bring destinations to life with bold details.

- Splash those details quickly onto your pages so journaling doesn't gobble up your precious vacation time.

- Elude your "Inner Censor" and write with confidence.

- Weave together your "outer" and "inner" journeys, using unfamiliar places as a backdrop for self-discovery.

 

Dave shares his favorite journaling techniques, shows how to find time to write in the middle of an exciting trip, and infuses it all with a generous dose of his off-the-wall humor. Whether your journeys are weekend road trips or excursions around the world, this book will help transform you into a travel journaling superhero!*

(*Super Travel Journaler action figure not included. Cape sold separately. Do not attempt to fly without an airplane or helicopter.)

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