I won’t lie, this writing challenge was not always easy and it was not always fun. Writing about it I realise that this is another way to trick myself to get started, but whatever works, right? To be able to put the finishing touches to a paragraph right at the beginning of a writing session really does feel great and can sometimes be the confidence boost needed to keep up with the writing task ahead. I even tried to leave paragraphs unfinished so that I could start the next writing session by completing them. I once read that you should park on the downhill slope, which means that you should end each writing session with some notes on what you want to write next. Most of the time I continued for longer than that but as a trick to get me started, the Pomodoro technique worked out well. At the beginning of each writing session, I told myself that I will only write for 25 minutes, which felt a bit encouraging.
In essence, this technique is a time management method that entails to work for 25 minutes and then have a five minute break, before you work for another 25 minutes, and so on. This is where the Pomodoro technique came in handy and helped me to get things done.
However, to get started is usually my biggest challenge. Once the plan was in place, it felt a bit easier to write. Therefore, to make a loose plan for each writing session revealed itself as an easy way to make sure that I used my writing time wisely. Already a few days into the challenge, I realised that it took me too long to get started with my writing task and that I instead of writing spent time thinking about what to write, where to start, and so on. Here is what I learned from this experience: I started the writing challenge with the goal to get into the habit of writing each day and to become a more productive writer in the process. Now it is time to look back on those 30 days and evaluate how it went. Day 1.Some time ago I blogged about a writing challenge during which I committed to write a little bit every day for 30 days (see the blog post here). The amazingly helpful community in the Daily UX Writing Facebook Group was also there to provide feedback, which helped fine-tune or, indeed, validate aspects of my work. I am visually-inspired when I write, so creating some sort of ‘mock-up’ really helped me - it was also a great way to get introduced to the basics of Whimsical and Figma. It also assists those in the interview process for a UX writing role - the daily tasks mimicking many of the practical challenges presented by companies during interviews.Įach task focuses on a different scenario and way of writing to a user - and always with a limited character count. The Challenge helps budding UX writers get to grips with writing concise and clear microcopy. UPDATE: Follow my Twitter thread about the challenge: One Year Writing: 30 Lessons Learned in 30 Days. It’s a newsletter containing a writing prompt sent to your inbox every day for two weeks, which culminates in a larger content challenge on day 15. Completed challenge of writing and publishing 30 Atomic Essays in 30 days. It’s always hard when you start, whatever it is that you start. I was not able to write one article of 700 words for a whole week. But it wasn’t like this in the beginning.
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So, I thought I would document my journey and provide some of the fun facts I learned, a few of the struggles I encountered, and several links to articles in the UX writing rabbit holes I fell down. 30 Day Writing Challenge, How It Helps You Build A Daily Writing Habit J2344 As an author ay Life Coach Code I am writing and producing fresh content daily. Put it this way - there was more friction involved creating multiple versions on day one than there was confidently compiling an onboarding process for the big content challenge at the end! You could say that the DUXW Challenge creates a similar experience - helping you become more proficient as you move through each task with increasing knowledge and confidence. I love what is involved as a UX writer - the art of finding the exact words to complete the design of an interface and to create a frictionless experience for the user. Every morning was filled with the excitement of opening up a new writing challenge, the chance to create something, and to dive into a new topic. What I experienced soon became more than just a learning exercise. I was already midway through a UX writing course when I came across The Daily UX Writing Challenge, and so, naturally, I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to put some theory into practice.
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