Trip: A Writer's Notebook

by Erica Gerald Mason

Writing While on the Road? Running out of ideas?

In this writer's notebook you'll find:

- The essential parts of note-taking while traveling
- Tips for every part of your journey: before, during and after you get home
- Exercises that let you immediately apply what you learn to your own writing
Written by Erica Gerald Mason, Trip: A Writer's Notebook offers quick creative writing prompts and simple exercises that will illuminate your travel writing.

Once you've read (and written) your way through this book and around the world, you'll have a suitcase of tips that will enable you to turn your travels into effective blogs, short stories or novels.

30 pages

33 pages, Kindle Edition

Published December 10, 2014

About the author

Erica is a writer, photographer, and designer who lives in Georgia. She's written three books, created anthologies for another three, and is working on another secret project. (Stay tuned). She has written voraciously, tenaciously and secretly since she was 7 years old, when she wrote a letter to Santa asking politely for a Barbie Dream House and a black Barbie with three wardrobe options. Santa delivered the goods, and thusly, a passion for writing was born. She was an online vintage clothing retailer for ten years, writing in her spare time, until one summer day, while sourcing at a thrift store, she realized she wanted to slap the bejeezus out of every last person in the shop. That was her last day selling vintage clothing. The next day, she sat down at her laptop and began typing.

She likes nature, as long as nature doesn't crawl, fly or wiggle its way into her house. She loves muted colors, but is drawn to vibrant people. She doesn't wear pink, but won't judge you if you do. To Kill a Mockingbird is her favorite book, but she's really digging the new Ms. Marvel series. She's quiet until she's not quiet, and then she's the life of the party. She loves her mother, hates humidity (her hair!) and says 'oh, for god's sake, dammit' at least three times a day. You can find her at her website, www.ericageraldmason.com, or say ‘hi’ on Instagram.

Reviews

[Shannon · Rating 5 out of 5]

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[Beverly McCall · Rating 4 out of 5]

Gerald Mason provides a useful tool for writers in this writer’s notebook technique focusing on notetaking as one travels. This technique (process) focuses the writer on maximizing their observational skills. By committing their observations to print the trip notebook can be used as a springboard for future writing projects. Mason provides a few exercises to help you apply theory to practice with the inclusion of writing examples. Mason divides the trip into three parts—before the trip, during the trip and returning home. As you record each part in your workbook, be sure to set aside designated time to capture each experience. What I learned from this process is the importance of capturing fresh impressions. The reminder to uses one’s senses when capturing moments is crucial to future writings. Capture impressions in print, camera and recordings (when possible). I like the analogy Mason uses that the impressions, pictures and observations captured in your workbook is like placing them in a suitcase for future use. I recommend this book for all beginning writers as it helps to expand the writing craft.