Table of Contents
Author's Note
Preface
Introduction
Part 1: Plan
Chapter 1: Learning to Run
Chapter 2: What Is an Explanation?
Chapter 3: Why Explanations Fail
Chapter 4: Planning Your Explanations
Part 2: Package
Chapter 5: Packaging Ideas
Chapter 6: Context
Chapter 7: Story
Chapter 8: Connections
Chapter 9: Description
Chapter 10: Simplification
Chapter 11: Constraints
Chapter 12: Writing an Explanation
Chapter 13: Bringing an Explanation Together
Part 3: Present
Chapter 14: Common Craft's Lessons Learned
Chapter 15: Right Medium for the Message
Chapter 16: Visuals
Chapter 17: Emma and Carlos
Chapter 18: Explanation Culture and Your Life as an Explainer
Acknowledgements
Video Links
About the Author
Bibliography