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Michael Pollan's Best Writing Advice | How I Write

Michael Pollan's Best Writing Advice | How I Write

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Michael Pollan is one of my all-time favorite nonfiction writers.
He has been writing about food, nature, and consciousness for
decades. For him, the writing process begins with a question. He
finds something he's interested in and embarks on an adventure. He
experiences things, talks to people, learns, and then compiles it
all into a book. His writing style feels as if he's putting an arm
around you, simply reporting back what he's learned and
experienced, all in a very friendly way. The adventure we discussed
most in this conversation was when he bought a cow and followed it
from birth to slaughter, illustrating the industrial food system's
impact on meat production. Michael has taught nonfiction writing at
Harvard and UC Berkeley. At the end of the interview, he said: "I
just gave you an entire semester's worth of content in one hour."
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