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Step 3The guidelines will describe the typesof articles the publication wants,what the requirements are, and howto prepare a manuscriptUnderstand the writing processThe writing process• Choose a topic and develop a schedule• Do your research• Organize your information and write anoutline• Write a rough draft• Let it sit• Revise and finalize• ProofreadContemporary medicalwriting“What’s up with the FDA lately? Theregulatory agency seems to have beenin the news repeatedly as one high-profile drug after another getsremoved from the market or hasa new ‘black box’ warning addedto its labeling.”Where did it appear?• JAMA• JAAPA• GQ• Ms.• O (The Oprah Magazine)Remember ….• Medical writing doesn’thave to be boring or dry• It can be rhetoricallyinteresting, even elegant5