A call to physicians and other healthcare providers
The fastest way to capture someone's attention is
with a story!
Fiction or biography, share your stories.
From your work as a healthcare provider, you've collected some unbelievable stories. Your imagination can expand these stories into fascinating works of fiction. Or you can use them as examples in serious instructional text.
Career stories. One of the first books Griffith Publishing produced was the story of an amazing American woman who spent all of her working days as a physician in Nuzvid, India. Another doctor tells of his adventures waging a war of words against autocratic hospital managers and fellow physicians on the take.
Advocacy stories. A book on the hazards of mind-influencing drugs can appeal to readers when it is presented as a book-length story of one person's struggle. A self-help book sprinkled with real-life success stories is more convincing than a discussion of the problems of living with a health challenge. Your book about the hazards of one-source health insurance or insurance that bypasses people whose illness was caused by lifestyle choices will have more credibility if it is backed by statistics, examples and, yes, stories.
Telling your stories. A good story involves a conflict or struggle. Many healthcare stories are based on an inner battle known in literature as "man against self." Others tell about a person coping with a chronic or life-threatening disease and could be classified as "man against nature." The third type of conflict, "man against man" includes victims of fights or all-out war. Jealousy, ambition, and greed are often played out against a background of this type of conflict. Your challenge as a story-teller is to take your reader to a conclusion that resolves the conflict in some way.
We can help you decide how to use stories in your books. We can even help you write those stories so that they illustrate your key points. The power of story-telling is awesome. Use stories in your writing and speaking. Learn how to camoflage identifying facts to avoid breach of privacy. Make your stories compelling.
For more information about physician publishing, choose a topic from the list on the left. When you're ready to talk about your publishing project, call us (800 359-9503). Or send email to hodi@mindspring.com
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Note: At present we are accepting English language publishing projects only from U.S. citizens or residents in the US and its possessions, the UK, Australia, New Zealand, or Canada. We consider projects by all reputable medical professionals, including those with M.D., D.O., D.C., O.D., D.D.S., D.M.D., N.P., P.T., R.T., R.N., R.D., O.T, P.A., N.P., and other academic and medical credentials.