Explaining technical ideas with story

Exploring the benefits of a narrative style for complex content

Using story can motivate technical communications Photo by Etienne Girardet on Unsplash

The following is an experiment in a narrative approach to technical writing. Several years back, I started a rewrite of my book Postfix: The Definitive Guide, and I wanted to try something different. I ended up not doing the rewrite, and writing in this style would have taken a lot longer. But…