How do you handle writing microcopy without breaking your design flow?
I’m curious about how you balance the actual writing part of UX writing with the layout/design phase.
Personally, as a designer, I notice a huge cognitive friction when I try to switch from thinking about UX logic, layouts, and padding to writing creative or clear microcopy for an error state or an empty state. My brain just freezes, and I end up writing generic placeholder text like "An error occurred" just so I can keep shipping.
How do you all handle this? Do you write your copy completely separate in a doc first (like Notion/Sheets) and then paste it into Figma? Or do you have a system or library within Figma that you pull from so you don't have to stare at a blinking cursor mid-design?
Would love to hear how you keep your momentum going without sacrificing copy quality!