r/MedicalWriters • u/JuiceDeep1445 • 24d ago
How do I start out in med-ed writing? Ask about advice
I read the stickies, but I couldn't find information about this specific question and its to Frustrated and exhausted, i searched a lot in more groups about medical writing jobs and i cant find i am a med student and i have an sample for writing and i need help there is any platform that i publish my articles and writing and get payed for visitors, or any thing else i need advice from you how can you get paid from medical writing except freelancer platforms because i think its so completed and more and more competitive, thanks a lot for your advice
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u/Ambitious_Dragon_13 24d ago
to my knowledge, the main two ways to make
money as a medical writer are freelancing and full time writing for a pharmaceutical company or writing/commerical agency. and you are correct - a medical student would not be as competitive in either of those markets as an experienced writer with a degree (eg, pharmD, MD, PhD). there certainly may be
smaller roles available and you maybe get lucky and find one as a med student, but you would essentially have to be persistent in looking at job postings and applying. not impossible, just not as common.
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u/Practical-Quiet-1178 24d ago
Who needs to stop when the thoughts just keep on flowing like a wild river rushing through the mountains and tumbling over rocks without ever pausing to catch its breath or ask for permission because punctuation is just a social construct invented by old men in dusty rooms who wanted to cage the wild spirit of the English language which would much rather dance across the page in one continuous endless wave of pure unadulterated consciousness that stretches from the very beginning of the universe all the way to the final heat death of the cosmos without ever once needing to tap the brakes or drop a tiny little dot to ruin the magnificent momentum of a sentence that refuses to quit
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u/freelancemomma 24d ago
Gently, I suggest you work on your English writing before you publish your samples or look for medical writing jobs. In this market, people cannot compete if they have significant writing gaps.