Daily UX writing challenge. Day #13

As a technical writer, I sometimes do UX writing for the products I work on. I decided to look into UX writing as another service I could offer, so took the daily UX challenge at https://www.dailyuxwriting.com.

Here's the day 13 (of 15) challenge.

Scenario

A short-haul truck driver has a phone app that monitors his route, schedule, fuel & deliveries.

He has 6 more deliveries before stopping for fuel and lunch. Due to unexpected traffic, he’s behind schedule.

He can choose to stay on his planned route for a few more stops, but risk running low on fuel and missing lunch, or he can get fuel and lunch now and finish the deliveries later.

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Challenge

Write a push notification alerting him of this dilemma and options.

Headline: 30 characters max

Body: 45 characters max

Button(s): 25 characters max

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My answer

Text:

Headline:

You need to refuel soon.


Body:

Your truck needs to be refuelled soon. And so do you!


Buttons:

Continue with deliveries

Take lunch and refuel.

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For this challenge, I wanted to encourage the driver to take a break for safety reasons. As the driver is possibly hungry by this time, I thought it would be better to focus on the refuelling idea for both the truck and the driver. The way to a man's heart is through his stomach, as they say. I kept the messaging short and sweet and made the options clear - either stop for lunch or continue with the deliveries.

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Looking for a UX writer?

Do you need a UX writer for your project? I'd love to hear from you. I've worked in software teams for most of my career as a technical writer and have helped improve UX content as part of my role. I'm also trained as a content designer and have worked as a copywriter too. So you can hire me for long copy, short copy, microcopy, whatever you need.

I'm always interested in new content writing opportunities. Remote working preferred.

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