It never made any sense to me, I would everyday hear about how important writing for the web was. How writing content was going to be a new great thing in web design. I just didn’t get it, I didn’t see how words can affect a design as much as some people were saying it could.
Only recently, while reading some books about writing for the web, is when my ignorance was being cleared. After reading Neuro web design, How to Write Great Copy for the Web, and overall small chunks of advice from my business idols 37signals it started to become really clear. At that point, I started so see something different about web writing, a point of view of it that I had never even imagined I’d see.
From there on, I’ve been practicing my new witting skills just about everywhere. Error messages, guides, headers, keywords, labels and just about anywhere else I can write on. It’s an amazing feeling, a feeling like I know what I really mean to say when I write. I also noticed my designs were getting better! I’m continuing to realize design goes much deeper than a good color scheme and a pretty logo. It goes all the way to the down to the point-like details that most people wont even notice. And one the most important of these pin-like details is writing.
So take it from me, get passionate about web writing as soon as you can. Any time spent on improving your communication skills with definitely be worth it.