You never want to solve a research problem with language — you never want to be such a fine writer that you can sort of thread the needle and get through a thin patch in your research just because you’re such a great prose artist.
[…]
Literary writers … sometimes think that language is so magical and so powerful that you should be able to do almost anything with it. It’s not true, and it shouldn’t be true.
Terrific conversation with Peabody-winning journalist, Vanity Fair contributing editor, and nonfiction author Sebastian Junger on the Tim Ferriss Podcast.
Junger’s most recent book, Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging, is out this month.
Complement with more timeless advice on writing from celebrate authors.
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