Continuing in this series of examples of tension in technical storytelling (part 1, part 2), I said previously that it's important to close the loop and release tension after you create it. Because if you don't, it will eat at the learner, at best distracting them,
I just wrote about creating tension by showing The Wrong Way First, but there are other ways to do this, too. I said the Wrong Way First method isn't as effective when introducing new concepts. So, how can tension be created effectively in that case? This example comes
I have written before about the strategy of creating tension in storytelling – and I get that it might seem abstract so I wanted to share a concrete example (a tactic!) of one way to create tension in teaching technical content. I am reviewing an upcoming Pluralsight course that deals with
Hint: Tell a story
Recently for Excalibur we've been seeing some success driving traffic through blog posts cross-posted to Dev.to (with canonical source set to our blog). These are not written by me or Erik, they're written by some of our amazing community members and contributors. Excalibur — DEV Community
One of the roles I get to take on at Pluralsight is being a technical content reviewer for other people's courses. This is a great way for me to help other authors make better courses and also helps me identify common pitfalls new authors fall into. I often
