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Why we picked it If you are a founder or designer writing your own product copy without a UX writer on the team, this is the most practical single article we found, and it is written for exactly that reader. It walks through 15+ tips with real app screenshots covering buttons, empty states, and error messages, and ends with a copy checklist you can run against your own screens. It is honest about the traps too, like why leaning on "Oops" for every error stops feeling friendly and starts feeling lazy.
How To Improve Your Microcopy: UX Writing Tips For Non-UX Writers
From Smashing Magazine by Irina Silyanova About a 20 minute read
- Write buttons the way a user would say the action out loud ("I'll reserve" reads more human than a stiff generic "Submit").
- An empty state should hand the user their next move, not just announce that nothing is here yet.
- A good error names what happened, why if you know it, and what to do next, instead of hiding behind a cute one-liner.