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Description and Opinions
Product Description:
Two major trends have recently swept the travel world: the first, an overwhelming desire (thanks to Elizabeth Gilbert’s bestseller, Eat, Pray, Love) to write one’s own memoir; the second, an explosion of social media, blogs, twitter and texts, which allow travelers to document and share their experiences instantaneously. Thus, the act of chronicling one’s journey has never been more popular, nor the urge stronger.Writing Away: A Creative Guide to Awakening the Journal-Writing Traveler, will inspire budding memoirists and jetsetting scribes alike. But Writing Away doesn’t stop there—author Lavinia Spalding spins the romantic tradition of keeping a travelogue into a modern, witty adventure in awareness, introducing the traditional handwritten journal as a profoundly valuable tool for self-discovery, artistic expression, and spiritual growth.Writing Away teaches you to embrace mishaps in order to enrich your travel experience, recognize in advance what you want to remember, tap into all your senses, and connect with the physical world in an increasingly technological age. It helps you overcome writer’s block and procrastination; tackle the discipline, routine, structure, and momentum that are crucial to the creative process; and it demonstrates how traveling—while keeping a journal along the way—is the world’s most valuable writing exercise.
Inspiring and practical 
I did not know what to expect when buying this book. My first thought was, "It has never occurred to me to keep a travel journal" even though I am a writer and even a guidebook author. I guess taking notes for research is something different. Yet when I looked through "Writing Away" I thought of my sister and her kids and their many years of documenting trips and how they can enhance those photo/journal memory books by reading this book first. And how I want to do that with my family now (upcoming trip to Utah will be journaled!). I absolutely love the practical tips suggesting what to bring--watercolor pencils, glue, making map art and so on. Just all kinds of crazy wonderful things to draw readers, people, journalers, out of their ruts--for example, using active verbs or imagining a story about a stranger--are so dear and helpful. I will not only recommend this book but probably be buying it for a gift soon. Thanks for writing it, Lavinia!
A top pick for any library strong in either creative writing or travel accounts
This is an outstanding survey of journal-writing for travelers and any who want to capture their experiences on paper. Its survey of travel, personal development, and how to keep a travel journal makes for an outstanding and lively recommendation for travelers and non-travelers alike and is a top pick for any library strong in either creative writing or travel accounts.
writing away 
Good material, interesting stories and a
breezy, funny style that keeps the book flowing.
A very good read and I look forward to her next book
Wm Blaney
Great help. 
A good help for travel journal beguinners. Help me a lot with my first. The price certainly is fair for the bennefit aquired.
Not Just for Journal Writers
I wasn't expecting much in this book because, for one thing, I tend to think journal writing is solipsistic and boring. But WRITING AWAY was a very pleasant surprise. It is intelligent, witty, and engaging---full of wisdom of life, love, and beauty. Spalding makes the subject come alive and compelling (I'd love to read her journals). My guess is, this will become a classic. It's a book you can curl up with and, based on her brain alone, I wouldn't mind curling up with Spalding, either.
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