Unusual Blog “Beautiful Nepal” Generates Controversy Among Writers
- By: Jillian Ryan
- Created on: 01/20/2010
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Christine Anderson’s essay “Beautiful Nepal” was the Second Place Winner of FTF's 2009 Teen Travel Writing Scholarship, the first time that a poetic, stream-of- consciousness style of writing made it to the winners' round. After it was selected by professionals from the Society of American Travel Writers, they asked the travelBIGO editorial team to share their comments about her work with all aspiring professional writers.
(To read more about these judges and the selection process click here). This is what some of these esteemed judges had to say about Christine’s work.
Comments from Michael Verdon, Editor, Boating World Magazine:
“Hi Christine, Great job on the story and congrats for second place. I pushed hard for the story and think the other judges, after their initial hesitation about the untraditional style and grammatical choices, came over to the sheer strength of the writing. It worked for me because you brought yourself into the situation without any sentimentality and very strong observations. I think leaving off the last paragraph would’ve made it stronger, but it worked very well nonetheless. Great job.”
From Annette Thompson, Associate Travel Editor, Southern Living:
“I was disarmed by the seeming lack of structure to the essay, the effective use of fragments. At first it turned me off, but when I read ‘I recently saw a dead woman lying on the sidewalk, and it’s really really hard to find good spaghetti’ in the same breath, I realized you were placing images artfully, the profound and mundane. Good job.”
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