The Article First

Article First:

The advantages of coming up with your travel writing article idea first is the freedom and creativity it gives you. When you are researching your next great trip, keep a notebook by you and jot down all travel writing article ideas that come up. Then, develop these travel writing articles into full travel writing magazine article ideas. From here, you can look for a travel writing publication that matches your travel writing idea. Approaching travel writing queries this way allows for more travel writing articles to be developed, pitched and possibly sold.

However, this also means you have to search for a travel writing publication who’s needs match your travel writing idea. In other words, you may find yourself trying to fit a travel writing article into a market that doesn’t completely work. Or, you may even take yourself out of the market if no travel writing publication matches your travel writing idea. Coming up with the travel writing article idea first can lead to you trying to fit a square peg into a round hole. Ultimately it is the travel writing publication that is in control, not your travel writing idea. They know what they need to sell – and your travel writing idea better fit into this framework or it will remain nothing more than a travel writing idea.

Next week at Klenske, Ink. – Putting the travel writing publication first.