Travel Write Earn How to write and sell travel articles and stories to magazines, websites and newspapersAnalysing and deconstructing travel article pitches, to highlight the good and bad bits
I talk with Nathan James Thomas, founder and managing editor of the online magazine Intrepid Times, who shares his love of personal stories that go deep into the human experience of travel, and that form connections with people.
A story with excellent potential that I think many publications would be interested in buying, but the pitch needs significant re-working
A ghoulish pitch that tells me to be afraid rather than showing me why I should be
Did someone kidnap all the headlines? A long-winded food pitch doesn’t sell what could be a nice story
The second Pitch Pit victim ignores my advice about headlines and offers too much.
The first Pitch Pit critique takes a swing at flowery language and hyper-positivism.