This schedule is subject to change and is not the definitive course calendar.
Specific dates, guidelines, readings, and assignments will be made available in class and on MY JCU.
Week One:
Course Introduction: A brief overview of the history of travel writing
Travel Writing – fiction vs. nonfiction
Week Two:
Style, Substance, and Sensitivity to Landscape
Writing in Brief – Guidebooks, Micro-travel Stories & Blog Posts
Week Three:
Travel Magazines: The Changing Shape of the Travel Essay
Workshop
Week Three
Finding subjects locally – the micro-journey
The fine art of reading
Workshop
Week Four
The tools of the trade, Generating Ideas, Travel Journals
Workshop
Week Five
Internet-based travel writing & Incorporating Photography
Setting up a Blog
Week Six
Dinner is the Destination: Integrating the culinary into the journey
Week Seven
Travel & Humor
Workshop
Week Eight
Cross Cultural Excursions
Research Before & After the Trip, Interviewing techniques
Writing on the Road (photography, notes, memory cues, etc.)
Week Nine
Writing Query Letters, Pitching Editors
Workshop
Week Ten
Travel Memoir: Becoming the protagonist in your own work
Week Eleven
Developing Relationships, Collaborating & Finding your Audience
Workshop
Week Twelve
Can you hear me? It's all about voice, voice, voice
Workshop
Week Thirteen
Triage: Knowing When & What to Cut
Workshop & Process Analysis
Week Fourteen
Portfolios Due on last day of class;
Class Reading
Please note that no late portfolios will be accepted, no exceptions.
We will meet during the final exam period (TBA) and offer final critiques