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You’re Getting this Because:
You’ve been recognized working in the writing field and making your mark in it.

What You Do:
Just fill out the form below by answering at least 12 of the questions. Literally, that’s it.

What We Do:
We’ll be creating a written feature of you, and publishing it in our formal magazine. Once published, we’ll circulate it across our social platforms and include it in our weekly newsletter (Sundays at 9 PM). We ask that you share the feature as well. Your feature will also show up in your SoMeDocs profile, if you have one.

What We’d Love in Return:
We appreciate help in spreading the word about everything we’ve built here, on the SoMeDocs platform, where there’s room for anyone who cares about health & healthcare, and about connections.

The Interview:

Please choose at least 12 questions to answer. The more interesting your answer – and the less generic it is – the more exciting your feature will be to our readers!

Keep in mind that after pressing submit, you won’t be able to edit this. So please finish in one sitting and don’t leave the screen idle, as it won’t properly submit. Best bet is to save your answers before submitting them, in case something goes wrong! Please reach out at somedocs@somedocs.com if you have any questions after submission.

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Writers Form!

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Your Email

Simply for our records

1. What have you written? Tell us about it/give us an overview, before we dive in to your work and the writing process.

2. What inspired you to start writing alongside your medical career?

3. Was there a specific moment when you thought, “I need to write this book/blog”?

4. How does your medical background (if you have a different background, apply it to this question) influence your writing style and topics?

5. Have you ever had a patient, or someone else that you didn't know, recognize you from your book or blog? How did that go?

6. Do you have a strict writing routine, or do you write whenever inspiration strikes—like between patient rounds?

7. What’s your writing setup? Are we talking medical journals scattered across your desk, or are you more of a coffee shop, laptop, and noise-canceling headphones type?

8. How do you balance writing with a demanding healthcare career (or whatever other profession you're in)? Any productivity hacks?

9. Do you outline meticulously, or are you more of a “let’s see where this goes” kind of writer?

10. What’s the weirdest or funniest thing you’ve Googled while researching for your writing?

11. What would you really like to see covered in our #SoMeDocsWriters conference/virtual events?

12. What are you going to bring to the table at our #SoMeDocsWriters, as a speaker or attendee?

13. We feature a directory that highlights books and blogs - how do you hope a directory like this will help get the word out on experts' work?

14. Tell us about your latest book/blog—what’s the heart of the message?

15. Have any of your colleagues or patients reacted in surprising ways to your writing?

16. If your book became a movie, who would play you in the film adaptation?

17. Did you encounter any “doctor-turned-writer” stereotypes while publishing?

18. If you wrote a book, did you go the traditional, self-publishing, or hybrid route? How did you find the process?

19. How are you marketing your book (besides the collective marketing of SoMeDocs)?

20. What’s harder—writing a book or making it through a 24-hour hospital shift (if you've worked through one)? If you haven't is there any other comparable activity?

21. If you could have lunch with any author (living or dead), who would it be and why?

22. What’s one medical myth you’d love to debunk through your writing?

23. If you weren’t in medicine or writing, what would you be doing?

24. Can you share one piece of advice for healthcare professionals who secretly want to write but don’t know where to start?

Do you want to include a video introducing yourself, and answering one of these questions through a video recording?

Yes, and I'll send the video by email to somedocs@somedocs.com, so you can upload it to your Youtube channel.
Yes, and I'll upload it to my own Youtube channel (and provide the link below)
No

If you created your own video and posted to your own Youtube channel, give us the link. If you prefer to send to us, to place in our own channel, please email it to somedocs@somedocs.com