: I would say your question is not too open-ended, but instead that the answer is the same as most questions about interesting writing: you have to make it interesting. What makes up the "interesting

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I would say your question is not too open-ended, but instead that the answer is the same as most questions about interesting writing: you have to make it interesting.

What makes up the "interesting bits" can vary depending on the reader, but ultimately it will come down to taking your readers with you on the journey. As always, show, don't tell. If you find yourself describing landscapes or interactions, then you might be in trouble. But if you talk about what you experienced while in that place, your far more likely to capture your reader.

If you are writing in the first person, your audience is going to want to believe that you were there. They are going to want to know not only what you saw, but also what you touched and tasted and smelled and sensed. If you are writing in the second person (which, for travelogues, is an option), they are going to want to believe they are there. They to want to know what they are touching and tasting and smelling and sensing.

Ultimately, it comes down to the same ol' writing clichés: show, don't tell; and focus on the action (and the details around it). If you described a mountain, that's okay. If you relate your journey climbing the mountain and how the rock felt in your hand and how the thin air tasted in your mouth and felt in your lungs, that's when they are going to want to turn to the next page...

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