A reader asked me to expand on a tweet that I sent last week. It was part of a thread about doctors, peer review and publishing. I was building the point that we now publish for reasons other that the creation of polished journal articles. Certain kinds of public thinking are a key element in the development of ideas. The democratization of media has created new ... Continue Reading about Writing as Public Process, Not Product
Writing As Process or Product
It's a pretty regular question? Why am I drawn to write things here when I could be doing other things? Or better, 'where do you find the time?' I've always suggested that public thinking is how the world understands health professionals. More importantly writing is how I understand me. How can I afford not to shape my ideas? Seth Godin summed it up nicely here ... Continue Reading about Writing As Process or Product
Write Like No One is Watching
This blog was easier when no one was watching. Let me explain. I started this whole thing for myself. To put my thoughts together. Then I realized that there’s value to sharing ideas before they’re fully baked. While you may enjoy this, it's really for me. You’re a spectator. But I started running into problems when I learned who was watching. I got pulled ... Continue Reading about Write Like No One is Watching
7 Reasons Every Doctor Should Write
Once restricted to peer-review journals as their sole means of sharing ideas, every doctor on the planet is a now a potential publisher. Here's why doctors should embrace the democratization of media: 1. It's how you understand you. Writing will make you a better communicator. Writing forces you to shape what you think. Until you shape your logic and launch it, it's ... Continue Reading about 7 Reasons Every Doctor Should Write
When Doctors Write About Patients
Anna Reisman's Atlantic Health piece, Should Doctors Write About Patients, has received lots of dialog. Writing about patients is not new. What’s new is the capacity of every doctor to build an audience and write about patients. Publishing has become democratized. From constrained micromedia to traditional long-form, every doctor has the means of sharing their ... Continue Reading about When Doctors Write About Patients
Microstyle Microreview
If you have a chance, pick up a copy of Microstyle – The Art of Writing Little by naming consultant Christopher Johnson. It’s about our new expressive economy in language: getting a lot of idea out of a little message. Johnson calls this the era of microstyle, a new era of verbal communication that technology made possible. Microstyle is part of a broader cultural ... Continue Reading about Microstyle Microreview