Saturday, August 30, 2014

Lonely Planet's Guide to Travel Writing Exercise 1 page 13: Questions




(What are your travel passions? Think about your three most recent trips).

My travel passions are mainly traveling through imaginary but well-crafted worlds through writing or through videogames. But if we are talking about places in real life, then my most recent trip was Myrtle Beach, South Carolina last July. I enjoy beaches and nice, warm weather. Furthermore, I really can't think of any other recent trips! I've been to Kennywood and that, but not this year... I've been to the Carnegie Science Museum last semester. I don't know! I really haven't traveled much.


(What are the things you seek out when you travel, the experiences that really move you? Why?).

When I was traveling there, I'll admit I was seeking out babes, but I was with family (it was a family trip) so that doesn't work out well. I was just enjoying the nice weather, the light and heat of the bright sun, the warm ocean and its woosh sounds as its waves rolled to shore. I guess you can say I like relaxing sensory experiences. We went to nice restaurants and then to the boardwalk to shop and watch fireworks.                                                                                    

I also like being challenged, in general. Be it trying to find my way around the unknown area or any other challenge that appears. I also love learning! I seek out any information about the place.

(What activities were common to all three? Make a list of three things you love to do. Consider each of these. Why do you love it and what have you learned by doing it? Could this be the nucleus for a story?).

Three things I love to do while traveling? Eat! That's definitely one. Experiencing whatever things that are unique to that area. And possibly meeting new people. But most definitely, I enjoy relaxing areas.

I love it because food is yummy, and sometimes there's food unique to that place, or at least it tastes different, even if it's just a burger. I'm a guy; I love food. Also, I am a very open-minded person so I love trying new things; life would be extremely boring if we just tried the same experiences over and over! Meeting people in the area can be fun because they can tell you cool things about the place, like personal stories or its history; plus they could offer to show you around and take you to even cooler places in the area! And I enjoy relaxing because I'm just that type of person.

Could this be the nucleus for a story? Well, story ideas usually pop in my head whenever they want, so if I have the necessary information, I am sure to get a story. I guess I can't say that I promise the story would revolve around these things, but I guess they could, depending.

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