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“It’s the job of editors to edit but it isn’t the job of editors to find the nice tight little story you were supposed to fashion in the midst of the encyclopedia you produced.”   If you love the thought of being a travel writer but feel intimidated about coming up with ideas for travel articles, author of The Ultimate Travel Writer’s Program and International Living Executive Editor, Jennifer Stevens has some sage advice to help you along the way to your life as a travel writer. When Great Escape Publishing first started talking about travel writing 15 or 16 years ago, there were only a few big travel magazines.  Those magazines had plenty of writers on staff that they would send on assignments to find stories.   Today however, those big travel magazines have significantly reduced staffs and are using freelancers to find write the travel stories they need.  Of course big magazines like Conde Nast, Travel & Leisure, and National Geographic get thousands of people trying to sell them articles.  (As a trave