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Justine's avatar

Worst writing advice I was given, from a tutor at university undergrad was ‘don’t write using jargon, especially medical terminology.’

I, of course, then went on to write a short story about a student midwife and a post partum haemorrhage, which was described as ‘reading like a textbook’. I was obviously delighted with his review and try and get medical terminology into as many stories as possible. Telling me not to do something is like the proverbial red rag…

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Jon Sparks's avatar

Excellent post (and not just because I'm cited!)

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