The Craft–Grip

[This is part of a continuing series on the art of writing fiction.]

“If it was boring to write, how can you expect it to be exciting to read?”

– C. C., esq.

That’s my friend and sometimes editor, C.C., talking. He was razzing me ever so slightly about an article I wrote. But he was doing it to make a point. Granted the article was on a technical subject, but the problem was, I just kept it there. I didn’t bring in the people and the story behind the technology that would have made it interest...