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Travel is a great source of inspiration for many writers. Journeys have a built-in narrative structure and they can offer a feast of new sights, sounds, smells, and tastes—all fodder for strong imagery. But the real reason I always pack a notebook is that I love the way travel focuses my mind; it asks me to really see my destination and to look more carefully at the place I’ve left behind. This toolkit will help you cultivate writerly attention for your next vacation and share with you some of the strategies that I use to write and revise travel-based poems.
Travel is a great source of inspiration for many writers. Journeys have a built-in narrative structure and they can offer a feast of new sights, sounds, smells, and tastes—all fodder for strong imagery. But the real reason I always pack a notebook is that I love the way travel focuses my mind; it asks me to really see my destination and to look more carefully at the place I’ve left behind. This toolkit will help you cultivate writerly attention for your next vacation and share with you some of the strategies that I use to write and revise travel-based poems.