根据下面短文内容，在短文的空格处填上一个恰当的词，使短文完整、通顺。
Whenever we see something new, we wish to write it down in one form or another. We will be happier if we share (分享) our experience with others. Then 1 can we write better travel stories? The following may be helpful.
Memory and notes
Don't believe your memory. You may have a good memory, 2 you cannot remember everything. You are seeing and hearing so much information while you're on a trip. When you return to write about your travel stories, you may forget something. So you should make notes, take photographs, and if 3 , take videos. In this way, you can describe your travel and write it down 4 missing anything.
Photographs and your stories
Photographs are very useful for you to remember what you have seen. As you see the photographs, you can describe your experiences easily by remembering how you felt when you took 5 .
When you are writing about your travel stories, make sure they are not too short as your reader may not get the full impression (印象) of them and make sure they are not so 6 that the reader may get bored.
Popular factors (因素)
Make sure your stories have popular factors and the reader will find your travel stories not only pleasant to 7 , but useful as well. Popular factors are food to eat, places to stay and the things to look out for while 8 . They should also include what you've found useful and the things you miss so much.