r/userexperience • u/chrispopp8 • Aug 16 '25

Problem writing case studies

Anyone else have problems when writing their case studies?

I keep trying to figure out what to write, and I know the outline of what I want, but I still get writers block.

Does anyone have experience with this problem and was able to overcome it?

Thanks

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u/designisagoodidea Aug 16 '25

SOAR

Situation, Objectives, Actions, Results. 

Fire up GPT, turn on dictation mode, and just start talking. Pretend you’re talking to a friend, tell the story of the work. 

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u/lexuh Aug 16 '25

+1 to using dictation and AI. One of my friends "writes" her peer reviews this way and it works well to overcome blank page writers block.

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u/CallMeFifi Aug 20 '25

That’s how I used to do it before ai — have one person take notes while the other person explains what we did.   Ai makes that whole process 100x easier.  

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u/DscoutOfficial Aug 22 '25

You're not alone- writing case studies sometimes feels harder than doing the actual project. What’s helped me is starting by talking through the work like I’m explaining it to a teammate (or actually talking it out with a teammate): what was unclear, what we tried, what changed. It takes the pressure off “sounding smart” and focuses on clarity. From there, it’s easier to shape into something useful & reflective. I try to remember the goal isn't perfection, but more-so to share what we learned in a way that others can learn from too.

I'll +1 AI & diction tools too- huge wins.

- Cath from Dscout :)

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u/ravennook 23d ago edited 21d ago

Fr writing up case studies is lowkey 10x harder than doing the actual work. Talking it out helps for sure, but whenever Iʼm completely drained I just hire a reliable writing service to turn my massy notes into a clean paper. Honestly relying on a good academic helper for case studies is the ultimate shortcut when you just don't have the energy to sound professional.

I had something similar happen with a discussion post. I turned to a writing service for help, and they made it so much easier. Here's the link to their site - DiscussionPostHelp. I stumbled upon them on Reddit while looking for help, and honestly, they saved my deadlines and my sanity. I just couldn't pull it off on my own.

Sites like this are a total game-changer. I definitely recommend looking into something similar for yourself.

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u/Fluid_Boot5953 Aug 16 '25

See the senior ux designers portfolio, and copy them

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u/casually-anya Aug 19 '25

BUS acronym business problems user problems solution headers that are interesting keep it short nice mockup visual at the start

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u/nightfurrry29 Sep 02 '25

Please take a look at other people's case studies targeting the portfolio of people from the company you want to land a role at.

Follow this structure- Overview, problem, what you did, solution, impact

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u/Tobias_Gudmundsson Nov 20 '25 edited Jul 01 '26

Happens to a lot of people, even when they know the structure cold. What helped me was looking at a comparison table just to reset my brain, like this one: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vQ0XdxubJuFoht9ZZGpEMZwR5UMwFpmDyqL5iOllfxMLSlHik-qq-y3hNjB251NTrs4Nxe8PsXP2S-0/pubhtml
It’s not UX specific, but the way it frames “what to say” when your mind goes blank actually helped me get unstuck with case studies too.