Overexplaining

There is such a thing as overexplaining. But the likelihood that you’re doing that, instead of not nearly explaining enough, is very slim.

Learning comes not just from knowing facts, but understanding the connections between them. You already have the connections – you know the context. So it’s easy for you to see how the facts fit together. But for other people, they’re seeing those jigsaw puzzle pieces for the first time. You need to provide not just knowledge, but the coordinates for that knowledge. You need to map the facts.

If you’re not bored by your own explanation, then you probably aren’t explaining enough for someone learning what you know for the first time.