What do I tell people who tell me they dream of being a UX writer someday? (You’d be surprised…
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5 Uncomfortable Truths About UX Content
I had a chance recently to meet and chat with folks from the Institute of Scientific and Technical Communicators…
The Consistency Trap for UX Writers (and How to Avoid It)
When reviewing or critiquing design work, it’s so, so, tempting to see something different…a different word, a different phrasing, a different pattern…and want to “fix” that difference. But making things consistent just for consistency’s sake sometimes leads us to the wrong choice.
Ask Scott: Can we let engineers and other non-experts write copy if we haven’t trained them?
We often have the issue that everyone thinks they can write, and our suggestions [as UX writers] are challenged to the end. We, on the other hand, would never challenge engineering decisions.
Writing Rules Are Made to Be Chosen
Wanting to know “the rules” is a very natural impulse when it comes to writing. Learning and following the…
If the job is more than writing, why does your interview process focus on writing?
Content design is more than writing. Please send us your writing samples. Content design is more than writing. Please…
Two attributes that shape every content role
A version of this originally appeared in Issue 043 of my UX Writing Events newsletter. For a joint meetup…
Fighting Feature Names
You don’t need Proper Nouns to refer to features consistently.
My most-used UX writing tool is Pastebot
Work faster and lose your place less with a big, super-powered clipboard.
Cuddle the Muddle: Paths into UX Content
It’s not easy to build a complex set of interrelated, esoteric skills in an ever-evolving landscape of people and technology and business. But it would be weird if it were easy.