Class: Don George - Travel Writing Intensive

Don George’s six-week Intensive Travel Writing workshop is patterned on a graduate school creative writing program. The primary emphasis is on the craft of travel writing. Students read and critique writing assignments each week in class. Assignments progress from a few paragraphs to full-length articles, with the goal of writing publishable-quality pieces. George’s workshop also looks at the marketing of travel articles. Students learn to research stories, write query letters and work with editors. Don George is the former travel editor of the S.F. Chronicle-Examiner and was previously the global travel editor for Lonely Planet guide books. He is also the chairman of the annual Book Passage Travel, Food & Photography Conference.