Breaking the Rules Bringing Storytelling to Technical Writing

Stephen Gruppetta

Paperback (05 Jan 2025)

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Publisher's Synopsis

Technical writing doesn't have to be boring.
It shouldn't be.

Storytellers know a thing or two about engaging their readers. There's a reason why stories have always been a key part of humanity.

And there's plenty of neuroscience to justify humans' need for stories.

Breaking the Rules explores ways of borrowing techniques from storytellers and adapting them to technical writing.

It's not just about writing stories. There are more narrative techniques that can be used in technical articles to lower the reader's cognitive load, ensuring they engage, understand, and retain the information.

This book won't tell you what to do. It will help you ask questions about your technical writing and find the answers that are right for you.

Table of Contents:
one - narrative technical writing
two - what's your (current) writing style?
three - stories everywhere
four - cognitive load
five - analogies
six - story-framing
seven - narrating the technical detail
eight - narrative writing style and language
nine - your audience
ten - a near-perfect picture

Book information

ISBN:	9798322993841
Publisher:	Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp
Imprint:	Independently Published
Pub date:	05 Jan 2025
Language:	English
Number of pages:	108
Weight:	-1g
Height:	229mm
Width:	152mm
Spine width:	7mm