Want to learn more about what medical copywriting involves – so you can work out whether it’s a suitable career choice for you?
Parenting and freelance writing
Here are few tips to help you manage your freelancing health writing career and your parenting obligations.
Overcoming writing anxiety – tips for beginner writers
Even the most experienced writers will feel trepidation when starting new projects or work – here’s how to control those nervous thoughts.
How to retain freelance clients and secure ongoing work
If you haven’t yet developed a business plan for client retention, it helps to have some strategies in place for securing your freelance income from your existing business.
Do you need a writing degree to be a health writer?
Do you really need a writing degree to be a medical writer – and, if so, how does a degree help you?
Preventing negative feedback and learning from complaints
These strategies for preventing negative feedback will help you reduce the risk of client and customer complaints.
Networking in the health writing industry: getting started
How to start networking and build lifelong connections (and friends) in the medical writing industry.
How to get health writing experience
If you don’t have much – or any – health writing experience, it’s hard to know where to begin. In this post, you’ll learn strategies for building your experience.
5 essential things to do before you start freelancing
If you want to become a freelance health writer, it’s important to know where you’re going before you get started.
The strategy that helps you to stop procrastinating and start writing
One of the biggest hurdles for novice and experienced writers alike is getting started in front of a blank page.
Getting started: a medical student writer shares his top tips
As the next generation of doctors enters the field in our social media era, there’s never been a more challenging and exciting time to be a health professional.
20 health & medical writing associations and societies
Joining professional medical writing associations is a fantastic way to stay connected to the medical writing industry and network with other writers.
What I learned during my first year as a health writer
As I thought back to the first day I knew I wanted to take the plunge and work freelance in health writing, I realised there were many lessons, mistakes and rewards I had encountered in one year that could be helpful for other health writers.
Medical writing for doctors – how writing enhances your clinical practice
In addition to your skills as a clinician involved in face-to-face care – there is a huge market for your words as well.
11 ways to use your health writing skills in different industries
You may not realise that there are many opportunities for health & medical writing work beyond specific industry roles.