Hi Sharon, this was interesting in so many ways. I’m a huge fan of hospital shows. I had to give up General Hospital some 20 years ago (pre-cell phones) because my sister and I would actually pay for long distance calls just to talk about these people as if they were real, and I decided I needed to get a life, lol.
Of course, all of those shows are great because of how their characters deal with the high stakes when they get involved with the cases. Following a medical case at the expense of characterization would not make for good literature! I think your book club discussion was very interesting, and a cautionary tale for creating a mishmash of symptoms that could confuse the reader. it sounds like you answered all the questions that I posed for your book and came down on the side of diagnosis, which is great! Thanks so much for this conversation, I really enjoyed this post.
Most of my stories also have characters with medical conditions or in medical settings. I did my graduate lecture on Writing the Medical. The rest of the title is a little off putting but it had to do with what I hated dealing when I worked as a staff nurse. Health and sickness are the two things that unite everyone!
Hi Sharon, this was interesting in so many ways. I’m a huge fan of hospital shows. I had to give up General Hospital some 20 years ago (pre-cell phones) because my sister and I would actually pay for long distance calls just to talk about these people as if they were real, and I decided I needed to get a life, lol.
Of course, all of those shows are great because of how their characters deal with the high stakes when they get involved with the cases. Following a medical case at the expense of characterization would not make for good literature! I think your book club discussion was very interesting, and a cautionary tale for creating a mishmash of symptoms that could confuse the reader. it sounds like you answered all the questions that I posed for your book and came down on the side of diagnosis, which is great! Thanks so much for this conversation, I really enjoyed this post.
Most of my stories also have characters with medical conditions or in medical settings. I did my graduate lecture on Writing the Medical. The rest of the title is a little off putting but it had to do with what I hated dealing when I worked as a staff nurse. Health and sickness are the two things that unite everyone!