A round-up of things people want to learn in this class. I will take a shot at synthesizing these soon.
- Better structure of writing
- Better structure for writing
- Having a flow
- Flow
- Structure
- Structure
- Editing multiple pieces so they fit together
- Edit effectively
- Organizing many pieces over time
- How to structure a thesis
- Modify / refine many times
- Learn how to express ideas in a way that others can relate to
- Learn to be more clear in writing
- Make my writing readable
- How to write clearly (thoughts) composition
- Not getting the meat of the project's concept across
- Unclear
- Not expressing clearly
- To not be able to communicate my point of view
- Going down the wrong path for too long
- How to make content attractive but also easy to understand
- To learn techniques to better express myself
- Effective ways to document the whole of thesis—ready for a user to read
- Have a thesis that is easy for people to understand quickly
- Come up with a thesis topic
- Fearful about not being able to boil down a topic for thesis
- Not being able to focus thoughts for thesis
- Define / decide on ideas
- Not doing anything meaningful
- Not knowing what to work on
- Having one shot at something and fucking it up
- Thesis - everything
- Define my voice
- Changing style and tone
- Adding voice / character
- How to use different tones for different topics
- Writing for web v. academic
- Showing my personality through my writing
- Not finding my voice
- Stylistic writing skills
- Not "academic" enough
- How to write casually v. formally
- Confusing voice / style
- Defining my style / voice
- Tone of writing not right
- Wrong tone
- Fun style without cheesing it out
- Write funny jokes
- Overusing puns
- Being boring
- Boring
- Boring
- Boring
- The right words to communicate
- Finding the right words
- Learn more vocabulary
- Vocabulary
- Limitation of vocabulary
- Invent new words
- Making a title
- Better at writing headlines
- Better grammar
- Grammar issues
- Grammar mistakes
- Fear of making silly grammar mistakes lol
- Spelling wrong
- Fluency
- Mastering commas
- Conciseness
- How to get to the point without being abrupt
- Understand how to make key point early
- Redundant sentences
- Meandering / not having a point
- Concise sentences that are no so comma happy
- How much is too much with writing
- Write concisely
- Better able to write short UI copy that works
- Writing not direct enough, too analytically
- Showing other people my work
- To be judged on my writing style
- To get constructive feedback
- Not getting constructive feedback
- How to best ask for feedback
- Learn to read stuff out loud in a way people will listen
- Critique writing effectively
- Having others read your shitty writing
- To be able to participate in a discussion with effective writing
- Understanding what others write better
- How to include others in the process
- Working with others to make one piece
- Collaborative writing
- Learn how to create a template
- To use writing as a thinking tool
- Relying on text when [I] should be communicating visually
- Relying on writing too much in communicating
- When to apply text to supplement visual / diagram
- When to write v. when to sketch
- Using writing as prototype part of the design process
- Powerful writing for UX research
- Learning what design people look for in writing
- Learning writing in design best practices
- Writing tools in design (frameworks)
- How to write practically
- Ability to communicate thought and design process in non-repetitive ways
- How to address questions that have come up with my process that can prompt interaction and ongoing conversation with users
- Making time / routine for writing
- Make writing as a daily habit
- Learn to write regularly
- Writing about topics that work
- Build habits
- Write more
- Losing interest in what I'm writing
- Forced writing (length)
- Producing shitty writing
- Strategies to overcome writer's block
- Important but also painful
- Time consuming
- Having to read your own shitty writing (out loud)
- Overcome the fear of writing in English
- Use writing to be better at being a person
- Writing fast
- Having to write all the time
- Cover letters
- Cover letter
- Cover letter for different companies
- Cover letter that is not fake
- Get faster at writing emails and thank you notes
- Emails
- How to cold email and get people impressed with your writing!
- Use writing (email, text) to build a good relationship
- Examples of good writing — different forms — cover letters, portfolio, process briefs
- Project writing
- Scripts for video
- Persuasive writing skills
- Learn how to be convincing
- Learn to gauge the appropriate amount of detail for the context
- Storyteller
- Creating a story
- How to tell a good story
- Fearful about not being able to add emotional value to the writing, making people see what I see
- To be able to make people see, feel, and understand what I see, feel, and understand
- How to convey a narrative via an engaging story
- Capturing and holding attention
- How to grab attention
- Writing too sciencey and not narratively enough
- Impactful writing
- How to make people feel with my writing
- Spreading the word
- Publicize my work
- Be good at Twitter
- 140 character tweet for ideas
- Tweet! in 140 words
- Blogging
- Blogging about process
- Ensure reader is engaged throughout the entire blog post
- Long readings
- Homework
- Forgetting everything
- Writing something offensive