UX Writing education is broken—locked behind paywalls, stuffed with theory, light on frameworks you can actually use.
UX Writing Bud is different.
You get practical, systems-driven frameworks for content design. No fluff, no gatekeeping, everything free.
Think: engineering logic meets real-world UX problems. Frameworks you can steal, adapt, and defend to stakeholders.
How it works
Two parallel learning tracks:
Track A (odd weeks): Timeless frameworks and strategic thinking
Track B (even weeks): AI, conversational design, and emerging practices
Two tracks covering everything: Foundation → Systems & Strategy → Practical Skills → Collaboration & Process → Measurement & Growth → Career & Portfolio → Specialized Domains → Integration & Synthesis
Read chronologically or jump to what you need. Each article stands alone but links to related frameworks.
A few reader favourites
What you’ll actually get
Steal-able frameworks with real before/after examples—not just “best practices”
Systems thinking applied to UX writing—from someone with an engineering background who gets how products actually work
Practical AI integration—prompt engineering, quality control, when to use (and avoid) AI
Conversational design depth—intent mapping, voice interfaces, chatbot flows from someone who wrote IVR scripts in advertising
Strategic internal linking—every article connects to build your knowledge systematically
Real-world constraints—working with engineering limits, stakeholder pushback, tight timelines
Plus tools, templates, and exercises—all free.
Frequency: Weekly (alternating between tracks)
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I’m on a mission to democratize content design education. Everything stays free, always.
If this newsletter helps you, buy me a coffee/book—it funds my UX library and keeps this research-backed content coming.
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Who’s writing this
I’m Mansi—an unconventional content designer who brings:
4 years biomedical engineering (systems thinking, If-Then-Else logic)
8+ years advertising (persuasion, IVR scripting, understanding motivation)
5+ years content design (the actual UX work)
Native Hindi speaker (which makes me better at spotting false simplicity in English)
I’m based in India, parenting a 2-year-old tornado, and I’m convinced that engineering logic + advertising instincts + non-native perspective = better UX writing frameworks than you’ll find elsewhere.
Everything here is rooted in real projects, real constraints, real stakeholder conversations. No academic theory. No borrowed wisdom I haven’t tested myself.
When I’m not writing frameworks, I’m experimenting in the kitchen, having deep conversations with cats (excellent listeners), making art, watching fantasy fiction, or planning the next trip.
Questions?
Looking forward to having you here,
Mansi
Your UX Writing Bud
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What to expect
One step closer to your UX Writing Career goals with each newsletter!
🤓 A breakdown of complex UX research and learnings into everyday language that even grandma would understand.
🔥 Exclusive interviews of reigning UX Writing and Content Design experts who dish out advice and truth bombs.
🙋🏻 Answers to burning questions about UX, just like the FAQs you'd find on a website. Don't be shy to send in your own questions!
🔗 Round-up of the juiciest links from the internet on making and excelling in a UX Writing career. No more sifting through endless search results.
+ Tools and templates whenever I create them, all free!
⏩ All this in just 5 minutes or less, perfect for a quick read during your lunch break or whenever you need a little inspiration.
✉️ Via an email every alternate Friday around 2 pm IST (and a few emails in ‘tween)
I’m on a mission to democratise UX Writing and Content Design education. No gatekeeping.
If you feel I've earned it, you can support me by buying me a coffee book
Rest assured, it's an investment in expanding my UX library with insightful books and research papers, further enriching the content I bring to you.
You can learn more about my move from paid subscriptions to making everything free from this post:
I’m taking the no-paid-subscribers road (Why, you ask?)
Last year, I turned on paid subscriptions for this newsletter. Some of you generously hopped on this journey with me (immense gratitude for that!), fuelling my aspiration to carve out a livelihood from these words and ideas. However, I’m too lazy (or shy)…
If you’re curious about me…
I’m an engineer-turned-business grad who followed her heart into writing. And that has been a wild ride.
From writing for businesses and consumer brands in creative agencies to working on the product (physical and digital), my search for truth and transparency landed me at UX’s doorstep, and I transitioned to UX writing and Content Design.
In all 11+ years of my career, I learned more from trial and error, my peers and seniors than from books and courses. So, everything I share here is rooted in real life.
When I’m not obsessing over this newsletter, I’m obsessing over my daughter’s antics, having deep conversations with cats (they're great listeners, you know), experimenting in the kitchen, nurturing my plant babies, illustrating in Procreate, working on my next book, watching fantasy fiction, planning my next trip or just catching up some zzz.
Looking forward to having you on board,
Cheers! 🎉
Mansi
UX Writing Bud
