Wouldn’t it be nice to have a perfectly simple, data-driven answer to that question? “Based on an analysis of 1,000…
Tag: writing
Who should own the text in our design process?
If you don’t articulate and assign the writing role, then either everyone is the writer, or no one is the writer. Neither situation is fun.
How do you estimate the time needed for doing the writing?
The project managers turns to you and asks: “How long is it going to take to write this?” Hoo boy. It’s time to proceed very, very carefully.
Nothing unfamiliar (Tools I used to write a book)
My book advises designers to be intentional about the tools they choose and use to do the writing on their…
Long paragraphs
“So often the long paragraphs I write in life are responses to Facebook posts, or reply letters to someone, or…
Should UX Writers use Lorem Ipsum?
Using placeholer text like Lorem Ipsum can help you visualize and consider what impression the form your content will have on your reader. It’s a pencil sketch before laying down ink, a hummed melody before writing the score.
Islands and icebergs
Spent all week working on something and I just trashed it. Wasn’t coming together. Hate to do it because you…
Painting a very long hallway
I’ve been asked a few times what writing a book was like. Sometimes people mean: “What’s it like to be…
Being the thing
Recently finished reading Stephen King’s On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft. I probably should have read it before I…
It doesn’t keep
Reflections on how I use paper and notebooks.