Non-Fiction Writing for Physicians
October 26, 2007
Falmouth, MA
Sea Crest Oceanfront Resort
www.seacrest-resort.com
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Executive Summary
Non-Fiction Writing For Physicians provides hands-on and
practical training on how to write medical non-fiction and get
published. Much of this course is focused on how to publish a
non-fiction book that will be targeted toward the public. In this
course, the faculty also addresses how to write or edit professional
books and textbooks as well as how to publish magazine articles.
Attendees will have the opportunity to get all of their questions
answered. There will be a number of opportunities to meet with and
network with the faculty - a critical part of what successful writers
need to do. Attendees will also have an opportunity to get their
writing, query letters, and proposals reviewed and evaluated by the
faculty (samples of which should be brought to the course).
Learning Objectives
�
Pick a medical subject and turn it
into a book you get paid to write
� Meet face to face with
literary agents and editors
� Write a successful
non-fiction book proposal
� Understand how to find the
right literary agent
� Describe the way medical
book publishers operate
� Increase your motivation
to write, find the time to write, and become a better writer
� Understand the option of
editing a book or collaborating with a medical writer
� Publish articles in
medical trade journals and magazines
� Negotiate a favorable
writing contract
� Recognize the skills you
need to develop beyond your MD degree
Here's what past attendees have to say!
"All presenters top-notch."
"Superb."
"Provided practical advice I can use."
"Excellent."
"Very useful insights into the process of publishing and writing."
"Excellent, I learned a great deal and came away very motivated."
"Outstanding."
"It inspired me, I will start writing."
"Excellent, exceeded expectations."
"Lots of good advice, inspiring. I am now ready to take the plunge."
Faculty
Jean Thompson Black
is a Senior Acquisitions Editor for
Science and Medicine at Yale University Press. Jean manages trade,
scholarly, professional, reference, and course books in the life,
physical, environmental, and cognitive sciences, as well as consumer
health, history of science and medicine, the medical humanities, and
bioethics.
Regina Brooks
is the founder of Serendipity
Literary Agency LLC., a boutique agency representing a diverse base of
award-winning clients in the areas of adult fiction and non-fiction,
young adult, and children's literature. Before forming her own company,
Brooks was the youngest and first African-American editor to work in the
college division at John Wiley & Sons Inc,. a leading non-fiction
publisher.
Julie Silver, MD
is the Non-Fiction Writing for
Physicians course director, an Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical
School and an award-winning and prolific writer. Two of her most recent
books are Chronic Pain and the Family (Harvard University Press, 2004)
and Easy EMG (Elsevier, 2004). Dr. Silver has also written for a number
of national magazines including the women's magazine All You and
Writer's Digest. She is currently working on several books including a
children's book on the history of polio that will be published by
Candlewick Press.
Tuition
The $495.00 tuition includes a continental breakfast,
breaks, lunch with faculty, a detailed manual which can be retained
as a bookshelf reference, and a dynamic learning experience.
Click here for registration information.
Schedule
Friday, October 26, 2007
8:00-8:30Introduction (Julie Silver, Course
Director)
8:30-9:00Publishing
Basics-What You Need to Know to Get Your Non-Fiction Published
(Julie Silver)
9:00-9:30How to Approach
an Editor or Literary Agent with your Non-Fiction Book (Julie
Silver)
9:30-10:00How to Publish
Magazine and Trade Journal Articles
10:00-10:15BREAK &
NETWORKING OPPORTUNITY
10:15-11:15What You Need
to Know About Literary Agents (Regina Brooks, Literary Agent)
11:15-12:00Non-Fiction
Book Proposals that Sell (Jean Thompson Black, Editor)
12:00-1:00LUNCH PROVIDED
WITH FACULTY
1:00-1:30Contracts and
the Business of Writing (Julie Silver)
1:30-2:00Building Your
Platform-Sales, marketing and Promotion (Julie Silver)
2:00-3:00Panel Discussion
with an Agent, Editor, and Ghostwriter (Regina Brooks, Jean Thompson
Black, and Sharon Cloud Hogan)
3:00-3:15BREAK AND
NETWORKING OPPORTUNITY
3:15-4:30Networking-meet
with faculty about your non-fiction book idea