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Strategic Writing for UX
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Strategic Writing for UX

by Torrey Podmajersky
June 2019
Beginner
194 pages
4h 30m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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[ contents ]

[ Preface ] ix

Chapter 1. Why: Meet the Goals of People and the Organization 1

Align the Goals of the People and the Organization 2

Choose Content to Meet the Goals 4

Identify Purposes, Opportunities, and Constraints 11

Imagine and Test Solutions 12

Summary: Words Make Experiences Work 14

Chapter 2. Voice: They Recognize You 15

Three Example Experiences 16

Creating a Voice Chart 18

Using the Voice Chart as a Decision-Making and Iteration Tool 31

Summary: Lift Every Voice 35

Chapter 3. Conversation for Content-First Design 37

Face-to-Face, Full-Body Design 38

Transforming the Conversation into an Experience 42

Summary: Now You’re Having the Right Conversation 45

Chapter 4. Apply UX Text Patterns 47

Titles 48

Buttons, Links, and Other Commands 53

Descriptions 58

Empty States 62

Labels 65

Controls 69

Text Input Fields 73

Transitional Text 76

Confirmation Messages 80

Notifications 83

Errors 87

Summary: Use Patterns as a Place to Start 91

Chapter 5. Edit, Because They Didn’t Go There to Read 93

Editing in Four Phases 94

Purposeful 95

Concise 97

Conversational 99

Clear 101

Summary: Use UX Text to Help People Move Forward 102

Chapter 6. Measuring UX Content Effectiveness 103

Direct Measurement of UX Content 104

Researching UX Content 110

UX Content Heuristics 113

Summary: If You Like It, Put a Value on It 134

Chapter 7. Tools of the UX Writing Trade 137

Write for the Context 137

Managing Content Review 142

Publishing the Text 145

Tracking the Content Work to Be Done ...

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