Your UX writing course probably did a great job of giving you the basics, but there’s so much more to learn. Here are 5 things you can start doing today to take your first steps in UX writing.

Pinterest abruptly deactivated my account last week—and really pissed me off in the process. It all could have been avoided with better UX writing.

“I’ll never be a freelancer. I’ll never work from home.” I said that LOTS in my first job out of college. A couple of years after that, I left a job and ended up freelancing. Here’s how I’ve made 10 years of WFH work for me.

Why does UX writing matter? What difference can a few words here and there really make? Here are four reasons why companies care about UX writing (or why they should start caring if they don’t already).

As I’ve written before, there’s so much to love about being a freelance UX writer, from the diversity of the projects to the fairly consistent nature of the work. But it’s definitely not all fun and games all the time.

UX writing: it’s hard, it’s easy, it’s boring, it’s funny... There are lots of myths circling about what it’s like to be a UX writer. Let’s unpack five of them.

Every one of us “experienced” UX writers or content designers started somewhere else. I think that’s a good thing—it means that we bring diverse perspectives to the craft and that there’s room to break into it from lots of different backgrounds.

I’ve been happy to see the pendulum gradually swinging back, away from cute, clever copy to more neutral language—404 pages that help you get back, success messages that are celebratory without being cloying.

You’re working on a product, you go into full-on “product mode” and can forget what it’s like to be a user! So let’s talk about some of those product-side blindspots and what UX writers (and product people, in general) can do so they don’t get in the way of our work.

So you landed a prospect client—yay! As a freelancer, especially when you’re just starting out, it’s natural to want to say yes to every project that comes your way—to build up your network, boost your portfolio, and not be seen as the picky diva.