Comments on: How to Take Better Notes for Travel Writing http://thetravelersnotebook.com/photography-q-a/how-to-take-better-notes-for-travel-writing/ Featuring insider destination guides and how-to articles from the matador travel community. Our focus is sustainable travel, cultural immersion, plus work, study, and volunteer opportunities worldwide. Sat, 20 Mar 2010 09:34:19 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Johnny Vagabond http://thetravelersnotebook.com/photography-q-a/how-to-take-better-notes-for-travel-writing/comment-page-1/#comment-6272 Johnny Vagabond Mon, 07 Dec 2009 14:00:37 +0000 http://thetravelersnotebook.com/?p=6317#comment-6272 Very helpful tips -- short and to the point! Very helpful tips — short and to the point!

]]> By: Don http://thetravelersnotebook.com/photography-q-a/how-to-take-better-notes-for-travel-writing/comment-page-1/#comment-6127 Don Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:59:47 +0000 http://thetravelersnotebook.com/?p=6317#comment-6127 My parents and grandparents left behind notes taken while traveling. The only aspiring writer, I never take any. Whoops. But while theirs are matter of fact and uninteresting, my impressions never seemed to fit a written page. In the moment, I fool myself into relying on memory. Whoops again. Thank you for the tips. Freed of the structure of complete sentences, I'm sure I can try again, and successfully. My parents and grandparents left behind notes taken while traveling. The only aspiring writer, I never take any. Whoops. But while theirs are matter of fact and uninteresting, my impressions never seemed to fit a written page. In the moment, I fool myself into relying on memory. Whoops again. Thank you for the tips. Freed of the structure of complete sentences, I’m sure I can try again, and successfully.

]]> By: Travel-Writers-Exchange.com http://thetravelersnotebook.com/photography-q-a/how-to-take-better-notes-for-travel-writing/comment-page-1/#comment-6110 Travel-Writers-Exchange.com Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:28:20 +0000 http://thetravelersnotebook.com/?p=6317#comment-6110 Great tips on taking notes when we travel. Picking up local newspaper or some travel information can help you recall the places you visited. Keep ticket stubs, napkins, match books, brochures, post cards, business cards, flyers, and any other print material you collect as you travel. If you are attending a festival like the Edinburgh International Fringe Festival, pickup a catalog because it will list all of the events. It will help you to remember the performances. Make sure you get a business card from your travel guides or ask for their contact information. If you forget something, you could always ring him or her to "fill in" the blanks. Photos can help you recollect the way you felt when you came upon that tiny village and how the people embraced you as one of their own. Great tips on taking notes when we travel. Picking up local newspaper or some travel information can help you recall the places you visited. Keep ticket stubs, napkins, match books, brochures, post cards, business cards, flyers, and any other print material you collect as you travel. If you are attending a festival like the Edinburgh International Fringe Festival, pickup a catalog because it will list all of the events. It will help you to remember the performances.

Make sure you get a business card from your travel guides or ask for their contact information. If you forget something, you could always ring him or her to “fill in” the blanks. Photos can help you recollect the way you felt when you came upon that tiny village and how the people embraced you as one of their own.

]]> By: Trisha Miller http://thetravelersnotebook.com/photography-q-a/how-to-take-better-notes-for-travel-writing/comment-page-1/#comment-6109 Trisha Miller Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:25:14 +0000 http://thetravelersnotebook.com/?p=6317#comment-6109 Great article! I do the same thing that JoAnna does - I always carry a few extra (large) Ziploc baggies with me to hold all the things I pick up - business cards, menus, brochures. I get two copies of everything whenever possible - 1 on which I jot notes at the time (circling dishes I liked or disliked, etc), and the other I keep clean to photograph later to accompany a story..... And of course I never go anywhere without my little notebook & flip cam! Great article! I do the same thing that JoAnna does – I always carry a few extra (large) Ziploc baggies with me to hold all the things I pick up – business cards, menus, brochures. I get two copies of everything whenever possible – 1 on which I jot notes at the time (circling dishes I liked or disliked, etc), and the other I keep clean to photograph later to accompany a story….. And of course I never go anywhere without my little notebook & flip cam!

]]> By: Nancy http://thetravelersnotebook.com/photography-q-a/how-to-take-better-notes-for-travel-writing/comment-page-1/#comment-6101 Nancy Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:33:31 +0000 http://thetravelersnotebook.com/?p=6317#comment-6101 Great tips! It makes sense to take sensory notes when traveling since it's smart to use the senses in travel writing. Thanks for the advice. Great tips! It makes sense to take sensory notes when traveling since it’s smart to use the senses in travel writing. Thanks for the advice.

]]> By: Abbie http://thetravelersnotebook.com/photography-q-a/how-to-take-better-notes-for-travel-writing/comment-page-1/#comment-6098 Abbie Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:36:18 +0000 http://thetravelersnotebook.com/?p=6317#comment-6098 Great suggestions - I definitely need to start thinking like a writer instead of a tourist when I travel! Great suggestions – I definitely need to start thinking like a writer instead of a tourist when I travel!

]]> By: JoAnna http://thetravelersnotebook.com/photography-q-a/how-to-take-better-notes-for-travel-writing/comment-page-1/#comment-6097 JoAnna Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:35:13 +0000 http://thetravelersnotebook.com/?p=6317#comment-6097 I pick up things that will help me remember stuff later ~ business cards, coasters, brochures, napkins, etc. I cut off those plastic bracelets that are snapped around my wrist for entrance into various events and keep those. I store all this stuff with my handwritten notes in my journal. I pick up things that will help me remember stuff later ~ business cards, coasters, brochures, napkins, etc. I cut off those plastic bracelets that are snapped around my wrist for entrance into various events and keep those. I store all this stuff with my handwritten notes in my journal.

]]> By: Holgs http://thetravelersnotebook.com/photography-q-a/how-to-take-better-notes-for-travel-writing/comment-page-1/#comment-6095 Holgs Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:08:15 +0000 http://thetravelersnotebook.com/?p=6317#comment-6095 I particularly like the last one - in my case photography... I particularly like the last one – in my case photography…

]]> By: Seth M Baker http://thetravelersnotebook.com/photography-q-a/how-to-take-better-notes-for-travel-writing/comment-page-1/#comment-6094 Seth M Baker Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:03:44 +0000 http://thetravelersnotebook.com/?p=6317#comment-6094 Nice article.I don't know what I would do without my travel notebook. Here's a couple things I do that people might find useful. One, taking a moment to make a quick sketch helps me see more than I would if I just saw something and jotted a quick description down. Two, being specific about dates, places, and times makes it easier to match up entries with photographs. Nice article.I don’t know what I would do without my travel notebook. Here’s a couple things I do that people might find useful.

One, taking a moment to make a quick sketch helps me see more than I would if I just saw something and jotted a quick description down.

Two, being specific about dates, places, and times makes it easier to match up entries with photographs.

]]> By: Nate http://thetravelersnotebook.com/photography-q-a/how-to-take-better-notes-for-travel-writing/comment-page-1/#comment-6092 Nate Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:23:22 +0000 http://thetravelersnotebook.com/?p=6317#comment-6092 Concise, simple and incredibly useful! Thanks:) Concise, simple and incredibly useful!
Thanks:)

]]> By: Sophie http://thetravelersnotebook.com/photography-q-a/how-to-take-better-notes-for-travel-writing/comment-page-1/#comment-6091 Sophie Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:20:04 +0000 http://thetravelersnotebook.com/?p=6317#comment-6091 Great tips. Thanks! I'll especially remember the advice on recording emotions. Great tips. Thanks! I’ll especially remember the advice on recording emotions.

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