Narrative Writing for Clinicians Workshop
An expert-led, collaborative workshop to help clinicians find and refine their voices as writers.
Limited cohort. Applications reviewed on a rolling basis — early applications have the best chance of a place.
To apply, please visit: Application for Narrative Writing for Clinicians – Fill out form
Overview
Over three days, a small cohort of clinicians works closely with a faculty of leading clinician-writers and editors to develop a piece of their own narrative writing. The format alternates small-group workshops, where you receive detailed feedback on your work, with plenary sessions on craft, editing, and the writing life. You will leave with a revised piece, concrete approaches to carry forward, a clearer sense of how writing fits your professional life, and connections to a community of clinician writers.
Who should apply?
Clinicians across specialties and career stages who write, or want to. You need not be published. What matters is a piece of your own narrative writing you are willing to share, and a willingness to give and receive honest feedback.
Learning objectives
By the end of the workshop, participants will:
- Workshop and revise a piece of their own narrative writing with feedback from peers and faculty
- Articulate how form and content work together to make a unified whole
- Leave with at least five new ideas or approaches to incorporate into their writing
- Articulate their writing goals for the coming year
- Describe how they will integrate writing into their professional lives
- Friday - Oct. 1st
- 12:00 – 1 – Lunch, orientation, introductions
- 1-2:00 – Plenary 1 - Critical and constructive review
- 2-215 – Break
- 2:15 – 4:30 - Small group workshops (participants will be paired with a facilitator and will review and discuss each other’s essays)
- 4:30 - Plenary 2 - What editors are looking for (Debbie Malina and Michael Lacombe)
- 530-8 – Reception and Dinner
- Saturday - Oct. 2nd
- 8:00-9:00 – Breakfast – Plenary 3 Q and A with Lisa Rosenbaum
- 9-11:30 – Small group workshops
- Noon – 1 – Lunch – Plenary 4 - What’s the story? – a guide for the clinician writer - Suzanne Koven
- 1:30-4 – Small group workshops
- After 4 – Free time for writing
- Dinner on your own
- Sunday - Oct 3rd
- 8-9:00 Breakfast – Plenary 5 - Writing as discovery – connecting the clinic to the story - Mark Kissler
- 9-11 - Small group workshop 4
- 12:00 - Wrap up and parting comments
- Grab and go lunch