UX Writing Basics (eBook)

Are you a writer stuck running in meetings between the marketing team and the developers? Or maybe you’re a designer who’s been told to “just make up the words”? Maybe, you’re simply someone who simply can’t stand the words “Lorem Ipsum”. If you fit any of these categories, then you might just be a UX writer. This is a guide for you.

UX (user experience) writing has seen steady growth in the last decade. More jobs with UX writer titles are opening up in small and big tech companies. However, because the profession is still fairly new and UX writers often come from a design or a copywriting background, there are very few books and courses that help people bridge the gap between the two disciplines. This guide's aim is to help designers and copywriters learn from each of these disciplines to confidently call themselves UX writers.

The UX Writing for Beginner’s Guide is a work in progress. A new chapter is released every couple of weeks. When it will be complete, it will cover the following topics:

• A short history of UX
• The role of a UX writer
• Basic laws of design for better writing
• UX-focused content strategy
• All about microcopy
• The art of information architecture
• Story mapping, user journeys and personas
• The future of UX writing

This version was first published via LeanPub on July 2020.