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Rephrasing my question
I am interested in opinions from people who aren't medical professionals or 'medical geeks'. I'd like to get at least *one* opinion from one such person, because at the moment I'm really worried that I was being a bit too obscure in my fic.
Heck, you don't even have to be a LoM fan - if you can spare a few moments, I'd be thrilled if you could have a quick look at this and tell me if you got what the abbreviations in the last part were about, essentially. I think it should be possible to extrapolate this from the context - but then, I'm the author, so I can't trust my own judgment on this. The ficlet is only 652 words, so it shouldn't take much time. I'm not after general feedback, and I'm certainly not fishing for compliments - I just want to make sure I'm communicating clearly enough before I release this story to a wider audience.
(Original question here.)
Heck, you don't even have to be a LoM fan - if you can spare a few moments, I'd be thrilled if you could have a quick look at this and tell me if you got what the abbreviations in the last part were about, essentially. I think it should be possible to extrapolate this from the context - but then, I'm the author, so I can't trust my own judgment on this. The ficlet is only 652 words, so it shouldn't take much time. I'm not after general feedback, and I'm certainly not fishing for compliments - I just want to make sure I'm communicating clearly enough before I release this story to a wider audience.
(Original question here.)
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I didn't recognise any of the medical acronyms, none of them registered as medical BUT then again I am not a very well versed person in even your average medical drama. I THINK that Sam's ref to the HRCT scan, would lead me to back track to the other letters and go, oh, that's what they must be, BUT I did that knowing (from your question) that that is what they were.
From my point of view maybe a couple that are more obvious would be a good thing. Not all of them though, because you are wanting to be subtle and not use a sledgehammer to get your concept across!
As to what WOULD be more obvious? Um, the only thing I can think of off the top of my head is ECG...electrocardiogram. And ICU, as Intensive care Unit. IV as Intravenous.
Sorry not to be more help. If it's any consolation, I really, really liked the fic. I'm not much of a LoM person, and it took me to almost the end to remember/realise that it was an Annie pov! But that didn't stop me thinking the writing was great!
Heh, thanks.
Ones I've come up with so far:
EEG (makes perhaps more sense in the situation than ECG? Or maybe not? I wish I could tell.)
ICU is a bit too obvious, I think - one thing about that crossword is, it should *not* be obvious to Annie what it's about. ICU would be too big a hint, I think. Same for IV.
MRI might be another one that's reasonably well known? I dunno.
Anyway, glad you liked the fic. :-)
Re: Heh, thanks.
Yeah, I think I can assume a *slightly* higher degree of medical knowledge...
What really scares me is that I have this monster fic waiting to be written (four pages are already done, but it's going to be a long one, so four pages are nothing) that requires me to know stuff from at least half a dozen areas of medicine. And I've been researching for a year and I still don't know how to even *start*, in some areas. Arrgh.
I must be crazy.
(ETA: I should probably just give up on this whole 'realism' thing.)
Re: Yeah, I think I can assume a *slightly* higher degree of medical knowledge...
You and be both! ;)
(ETA: I should probably just give up on this whole 'realism' thing.)
Don't you DARE!!! I don't wanna be the only med geek 'round here!
Re: Yeah, I think I can assume a *slightly* higher degree of medical knowledge...