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How to translate the feel of a recipe into a book?

Name: How to translate the feel of a recipe into a book?
Uploaded: 2022-11-08T15:11:15+00:00
Duration: 6 s
Channel: Tyler Wagner
Description: In this brief YouTube dialogue, Speaker A asks how the intangible "feel" of a recipe can be captured in a book. Speaker B responds by highlighting the…

8 Nov 2022 · 0 min

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In this brief YouTube dialogue, Speaker A asks how the intangible "feel" of a recipe can be captured in a book. Speaker B responds by highlighting the particular difficulties of co‑authoring, especially with strong‑voiced collaborators like Richard. The core issue is balancing the need for clear, accessible prose with preserving each author's distinctive voice and style, ensuring the final text remains both understandable and true to the original sensibilities of the contributors.

A recipe is pretty direct. So if it's about the feel, like how did you actually translate that into the book?
Co-authoring is its own special challenge, you know, with someone like Richard or really anyone that I've worked with in a co-authoring way. People have very, very strong voices. And sometimes it's a real challenge to both help them say things in the most clear and, you know, the best way, but not to sand off the edges of what makes them unique as speakers and writers.