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A career as a health writer

Information about CVs, finding paid jobs, getting employed, freelance life, setting rates, career goals, and more – it’s your one-stop-shop to a successful health writing career.

25 for a 250-word article

LAST UPDATED May 23, 2024 | FIRST PUBLISHED June 20, 2017 | BY Michelle Guillemard

$25 for 350 words? Charging what you’re worth

Oh yes they did. Last week, someone contacted me looking for writers and offered $25 per 350-word article.

Filed Under: Freelance health writing, Growing your career

Career paths for medical copywriters

LAST UPDATED June 16, 2021 | FIRST PUBLISHED March 15, 2017 | BY Michelle Guillemard

How to become a medical copywriter

Want to learn more about what medical copywriting involves – so you can work out whether it’s a suitable career choice for you?

Filed Under: Growing your career, Health copywriting

Balancing parenting and freelance health writing

LAST UPDATED May 23, 2024 | FIRST PUBLISHED March 1, 2017 | BY Dinethra Menon

Parenting and freelance writing

Here are few tips to help you manage your freelancing health writing career and your parenting obligations.

Filed Under: Freelance health writing, Growing your career

overcoming writing anxiety

LAST UPDATED November 10, 2021 | FIRST PUBLISHED January 30, 2017 | BY Dinethra Menon

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.

Filed Under: Growing your career, How to be a more confident writer

Retaining freelance clients

LAST UPDATED May 23, 2024 | FIRST PUBLISHED January 17, 2017 | BY Dinethra Menon

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.

Filed Under: Freelance health writing, Growing your career

Do you need a degree to be a medical writer

LAST UPDATED June 16, 2021 | FIRST PUBLISHED November 22, 2016 | BY Michelle Guillemard

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?

Filed Under: Growing your career, Health copywriting

Preventing negative feedback

LAST UPDATED August 29, 2023 | FIRST PUBLISHED November 8, 2016 | BY Michelle Guillemard

Preventing negative feedback and learning from complaints

These strategies for preventing negative feedback will help you reduce the risk of client and customer complaints.

Filed Under: Growing your career

Networking in the health writing industry

LAST UPDATED March 21, 2021 | FIRST PUBLISHED September 28, 2016 | BY Michelle Guillemard

Networking in the health writing industry: getting started

How to start networking and build lifelong connections (and friends) in the medical writing industry.

Filed Under: Growing your career

get health writing experience

LAST UPDATED August 29, 2023 | FIRST PUBLISHED June 3, 2016 | BY Michelle Guillemard

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.

Filed Under: Getting started as a health writer, Growing your career

5 essential things to do before you start freelancing

LAST UPDATED May 23, 2024 | FIRST PUBLISHED May 19, 2016 | BY Michelle Guillemard

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.

Filed Under: Freelance health writing, Growing your career

The strategy that helps you to stop procrastinating and start writing

LAST UPDATED March 21, 2021 | FIRST PUBLISHED May 12, 2016 | BY Dr Jocelyn Lowinger

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.

Filed Under: Growing your career

Uploaded ToGetting started: a medical student writer shares his top tips

LAST UPDATED March 21, 2021 | FIRST PUBLISHED May 5, 2016 | BY Michelle Guillemard

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.

Filed Under: Getting started as a health writer, Growing your career

20 health & medical writing associations and societies

LAST UPDATED December 4, 2023 | FIRST PUBLISHED April 15, 2016 | BY Michelle Guillemard

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.

Filed Under: Growing your career

Uploaded ToWhat I learned during my first year as a health writer

LAST UPDATED May 23, 2024 | FIRST PUBLISHED March 30, 2016 | BY Dinethra Menon

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.

Filed Under: Freelance health writing, Growing your career

medical writing for doctors

LAST UPDATED June 16, 2021 | FIRST PUBLISHED March 15, 2016 | BY Dr Jocelyn Lowinger

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.

Filed Under: Growing your career

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