What Healthcare Training Taught Me About Writing
- David Stokes
- Aug 28, 2025
- 1 min read
Teaching nurses and physicians taught me something surprising: the lessons I learned in the classroom are the same lessons I use when writing fiction.
Here are 3 things healthcare training taught me that shaped my writing:
◾ Attention spans are short. In training, you lose learners after a few minutes. In fiction, you lose readers after a few paragraphs.
◾ Clarity beats complexity. Jargon confuses both learners and readers. The simpler, the better.
◾ Stories stick. Nurses remember workflows when tied to a real-life scenario. Readers remember a twist when it resonates emotionally.
The worlds of education and authorship aren’t separate—they overlap in more ways than I ever imagined.
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👉 What skills from your career have unexpectedly shaped something new in your life?
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