I hate conflict of any kind. I go so far as to take the pickles and tomatoes off my burger rather than ask for them to be held, thus ensuring there is no mistake for me to point out later (or more than likely not point out at all). That doesn't stop conflict from occurring regularly. It has been around every corner since I was a child, always waiting to turn.
We were half-way through the day shift when we got word that a woman in preterm labor was being admitted through the Emergency Room. Though cryptic, the presenting information on the case seemed routine enough to me. Thirty-four, third trimester, first baby. But what did I know? At nineteen, as a nursing student in my Maternal Child Health rotation, it was my job to shadow a nurse and doctor team and do as I was told.
When it comes to the practical act of writing, use whatever works for you. As long as you're doing the writing, you're a writer. Whether that means using pen and paper, dictation into a microphone, Microsoft Word or Google Docs is up to you.
The key is to find a process which gets out of the way. I can't write by hand simply due to my appalling handwriting, while I've always found Word to be inefficient for long form projects.
Therefore there's one app I would urge everyone to at least try:
In 43 AD, the Romans founded the settlement of Londinium. In 61 AD it was stormed by Iceni Queen Boudica and burnt to the ground but, by 100 AD, Londinium had superseded Colchester to become the capital of the Roman province of Britannia. Roman London had a population of around 60,000, nowadays the city is home to almost nine million people.
"It made you want to resign as a member of the human race."-Edna Ferber on the trial of Bruno Richard Hauptmann.
