Writing 2219F/G- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 13 pages long!)
5 Oct 2017
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Writing 2219F/G
MIDTERM EXAM
STUDY GUIDE
LECTURE ONE
TRAVEL WRITING IS JOURNALISM
• Facts
o Don’t assume; go look it up
• Research
o Not entirely first person story
• Audience
o Budget
o Purpose for travelling
• Well-written
• Honest, unbiased version
ETC.
• Honesty
o Mistakes or bad experiences become opportunities/stories
• You
o Your voice/personality
• Sensory
o All about the small details
o 5 senses
o Comparisons (audience appropriate)
• Topical
o Snapshot in time
o Provide historical context
o Why now? The hook (new, recently featured somewhere)
TOURIST VS. TRAVEL WRITER/TRAVELLER
• Tourist
o Common/popular attractions
o Itinerary
o Entertained/vacation
o Not life altering, safe
o Pre-packaged
o Consumer/mass
• Traveller
o Open; new experiences questions
o Culture
o Adventure
o Variety
o Local/Authentic
o Sponge
o Aware of meanings/stories
PRE-TRIP
• Info
o Forums: Lonelyplanet.com
o Guidebooks
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o Movies
o Books/Magazines (Wanderlust)/News
o Social media
▪ Youtube Travel Vloggers
▪ The Travel Show
▪ Anthony Burdain
o Personal
• Contact the tourism department of chosen city
o Story ideas
• Plotting your path
o Know ¾ of your day
o Stay
o Interviews
o Informal conversations
o Roaming
Hometown: 1st Draft: sept 25 Final: Oct 2
Oct 30 – no class field trip on sat. oct 28 museum
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Document Summary
Travel writing is journalism: don"t assume; go look it up, not entirely first person story, facts, research, audience, budget, purpose for travelling, well-written, honest, unbiased version. Tourist vs. travel writer/traveller: tourist, common/popular attractions, itinerary, entertained/vacation, not life altering, safe, pre-packaged, consumer/mass, traveller, open; new experiences questions, culture, adventure, variety, local/authentic, sponge, aware of meanings/stories. Hometown: 1st draft: sept 25 final: oct 2. Oct 30 no class field trip on sat. oct 28 museum. What are the implications on the world? estate) What was the emotion you felt and want to communicate. Battle fought there: look in newspapers, changed, 2/3 observations, memories, comparisons: point of reference (panama like latin vegas) Mix with fact: do not shy away from being opinionated; if the place frightens you, say so, compare behaviour: norway baby trusting. Central idea of a place: cultural assumptions, get past them or use them, legends of a place, myths.
