A new UX writing book is on the block

Today is the official premiere of my printed and digital book.

The translated title: “UX writing. The power of language in digital products”

I tried to cover the domain end-to-end

Starting with the base of good inter-human communication, going through the main UX writing and content design topics, challenges, and tasks, the whole story ends with team life and leadership challenges. So, it's pretty comprehensive. Well, it's as comprehensive as almost 400 pages allow for. ??

You can see it as a handbook that gives you both a solid base and practical guidance. There's a lot to read, but most chapters are illustrated with good, real-life examples. Among multilingual screenshots, my Polish friends will find many samples from Poland[1]. And how about other types of examples? Sure thing – I've also added code snippets and even OpenAI API prompts.

The book consists of 14 chapters and 2 short stories

They talk about:

• the laws of conversational design, i.e., the combination of messaging, linguistics, and usability heuristics
• designing inclusive and accessible content
• voice and tone in products
• plain language for UX
• writing components and use cases (e.g., errors, confirmations, forms, notifications, buttons, empty states, notifications)
• the UX writing process
• being a UX writer (e.g., working solo and in a team, working remotely and in the office, team rituals or practices)
• UX writing leadership challenges

I'm proud of many parts

The accessibility and inclusion part gives me the greatest satisfaction. I hope those 63 pages will help understand or convince others that those are multidimensional problems. I know I won't be able to solve the challenge once and for all. Nonetheless, I hope the perception of accessibility as the fundament of product functionality (not an addition or a revenue driver) can shed some light on how to program eliminating barriers into the product DNA. The part about inclusion covers talking about age, sex and gender, nationalities, beliefs, partnerships, and many more. There's an extensive part about how to write in a gender-neutral way and how to drop the default masculine forms. This is a tough task in Polish, an extremely inflectional language.

I'm also happy with how other chapters turned out, hopefully bringing a new perspective on empty states or a comprehensive take on notifications.

So, yay! ?? We have a Polish resource on the discipline that has gotten so much traction in our country.

[1] That's in case anyone's wondering if there's anything to learn from our local products. This is a valid concern, as many fantastic Polish UX writers “export” their work.