Behind the scenes of what makes a great travel story:
The best writing is a distillation of a life well lived. As Anne Lamott says in Bird by Bird,
“One of the gifts of being a writer is that it gives you an excuse to do things, to go places and explore. Another is that writing motivates you to look closely at life, as it lurches by and tramps around.”
And what better way to do that than by venturing out into the world, and creating something from the raw material of your encounters? There’s something thrilling about setting out with an empty notebook, knowing that life itself is about to pour into the blank pages.
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