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1. Writing about food is a lot like writing about sex. Both are universal, both are evocative, and neither is especially easy to get right. #TenWaysToWriteAboutFood
2. Don't be gratuitous. Don't write a food scene "just because". Like love scenes, every food scene should have a purpose, and be properly embedded into the plot, otherwise it will slow everything down. #TenWaysToWriteAboutFood
3. Don't be clinical. Writing food isn't just about describing taste. In fact, describing taste is almost impossible. Food scenes, like love scenes, are mostly about feelings, impressions, and memories. #TenWaysToWriteAboutFood
4. Don't make your fiction sound like a cookbook. The language of cookbooks tends to be predictable and familiar: to write well about food in fiction you need to make it a lot more individual. #TenWaysToWriteAboutFood
5. You have five senses. Use them all. #TenWaysToWriteAboutFood
6. Food can help a lot with characterization. Think about how your characters relate to food, and how they approach it. With caution? With eagerness? With nostalgia? What does food mean to them? #TenWaysToWriteAboutFood
7. Food and celebration scenes are a great way of bringing characters together and showing how they interact in a social setting. #TenWaysToWriteAboutFood
8. It's also an important indicator of culture, class, race, background and religion, as well as being a great entry-point when writing about different places and cultures. #TenWaysToWriteAboutFood
9. Good food writing requires actual research. That means actually sampling what you're going to write about, and noting details of smells, textures, presentation, colours, etc. as well as just taste. #TenWaysToWriteAboutFood
10. Food is an intensely personal, political and often controversial subject. There's a whole spectrum of associations to be found in food, not all of them positive. #TenWaysToWriteAboutFood
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