I've been helping to develop a Medical Humanities presence where I work as a primary care doc.Healthcare can unfortunately be a spirit-draining endeavor. I started writing non-fiction narrative pieces as an outlet early on in my career.
Writing narrative non-fiction was startlingly therapeutic for me, and eventually lead to writing poetry. And that lead to writing fiction.
So I owe a lot to the medical humanities.
If you ever write poetry, fiction, or narrative non-fiction that explores the human condition or the intersection between medicine and life, here is a list of places that might accept your submissions.
For most of these, you don't need to be a doctor or be working in the healthcare environment to submit. Many of these journals also accept photography and artwork, along with poetry, fiction, and narrative non-fiction.
Consider it. The world would be a better place if everyone could share your stories!
25 comments:
That is an amazing list, Lydia. Thank you so much. Time to stretch myself, methinks.
Narrative non-fiction? Wouldn't even begin to know how. I'll leave it to those, like you, who do and do it well.
We all start somewhere with writing and glad it brought you to fiction. Not sure if I could write something that would qualify.
Thanks for the link.
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Your last statement is so true!!
Thanks for the link, Lydia. I'll look into it for at least one of my short pieces. =o)
That's kind of awesome. I think some of the best writing out there these days is coming in the form of narrative non-fiction. They keep stealing all the good fiction techniques!
And this post has been starred for future reference. Thank you!
This is such a great and helpful post. Thanks, Lydia! And I'm glad that your writing helped you through your training. I agree with the draining part.
Great information. Thanks for sharing. Have a great weekend!
I like the idea Lydia and I hope it is a movement that continues to grow.
Enjoy your weekend.
I started writing poems about my cat when I was in grad school for speech pathology. I completely understand the spirit-draining endeavor!
Thanks for the list.
This is great, thank you!
I would never expect such different fields to cross paths. Love it!
Lydia, this is great! You know, I wrote an article on the health benefits of laughter and it was published in a teen girl magazine. It was lots of fun to write, and even though I'm not from the medical field, there was plenty of research for me to bury myself in. Thanks for the link to that amazing resource!
This is great, Lydia. Have a lovely weekend.
Thanks for sharing this, and I love how medical humanities is what led you to fiction writing!
A great resource. Thank you.
Although I've heard of narrative non-fiction, I haven't studied anything about it to understand the first step in producing something. But, you made an interesting statement. You found the writing to be a wonderful outlet that led you to other things. I'll have to look into this more.
Thanks for sharing and have a wonderful weekend.
I'll have to look into this, thanks for the links!
Have a great weekend! :)
Thanks for sharing, Lydia! I think I'll pass this link on to a friend of mine. Have a great weekend! :)
Nice of you to share this with everyone. I tried to read the excerpt but it wouldn't work.
Awww you star! Thank you for sharing this list! Writing as therapy is always to be encouraged!! Yay!
Take care
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Sweet!
Wow. Never thought of writing in that vein (no pun intended). Thanks for the light bulb moment.
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