The Fiction Dr. offers unique research and editing services for writers or filmmakers who want to ensure authenticity of their medical fiction. You may send us a five-hundred word sample of your manuscript for a free initial consultation and custom price quote.

Consultation:

We will consult with you on medical questions specific to your work in progress or brainstorm ideas to help you generate a potential medical scenario.

You may send us your questions for a free initial consultation and custom price quote.

Research:

We will research any medical topic of your choice and prepare a brief of the subject specific to your needs in layman’s terms. We can tap into current issues by networking with today’s medical experts and sub specialists, and act as your liaison to the medical world.

You may send us a summary of your project and research needs for a free initial consultation and price quote.

Proofreading and editing:

We will identify and offer corrections to plot, setting, characterization, dialogue, and syntax within your fictional medical milieu.

We will proofread and edit the medical content of your document for authenticity and accuracy of:

 Pharmaceutical use (mode of administration, dose, effects, duration,
   side- effects,etc.)
 Disease presentation and/or treatment
 Trauma presentation and/or treatment
 Medical jargon in dialogue
 Medical terminology
 Medical settings
 Medical technology
 Interaction of medical personnel

NB. We do not correct grammar, punctuation and spelling errors beyond the use of medical terminology, nor do we provide an overall editorial evaluation of the content or structure of your manuscript or screenplay.