Writer's Guide to Medicine: Volume 2

Medicine is hard.Writing about medicine doesn't have to be. Struggling to write your character's chronic illness? Need to injure a character but don't know how? Look no further! Let physician and author, Natalie Dale, MD, be your guide to writing about medicine. In Volume 1: Setting & Character, Dr. Dale navigated writers through the complex maze of hospital settings and medical professions. Now, the doctor is back, tackling one of fiction writers' biggest and most important questions: how to believably injure, poison, sicken, maim, mutilate, disable, or otherwise cause harm to their beloved characters. In Volume 2: Illness & Injury, you'll learn:* How to believably injure characters-and the treatment they'll need to survive.* Which life-threatening conditions might afflict your young, otherwise healthy character. * How to describe tough medical situations, such as suicide, miscarriage, and cancer. * How to avoid medical cliches and harmful misrepresentations. * And much, much more! Volume 2: Illness & Injury is packed with straightforward, practical, and sometimes hilarious advice that will transform your writing about medicine from a research nightmare to an enjoyable adventure. 'Clear, concise, and filled with accessible and usable current medical facts that will add depth and credibility to any story, the A WRITER'S GUIDE TO MEDICINE series is a must-have for every writer's reference shelf.' - DP Lyle, MD, award-winning author of the Jake Longly and Cain/Harper thriller series. 'An absolute must for any writer of fiction wanting to get their medical facts correct. Dr. Dale writes a compelling and informative book that should be required reading for anyone delving into the world of hospitals, medicine and trauma'- Neil Bradbury, PhD, author of 'A Taste for Poison: Eleven Deadly Molecules and the Killers Who Used Them'