TELLING YOUR PUBLIC HEALTH STORY Bruce M. Etchison, (RET) CAPT. USPHS, MPH, D.A.A.S., R.S. 7/10/2014 USEHA ANNUAL CONFERENCE-LAS VEGAS, NV.

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TELLING YOUR PUBLIC HEALTH STORY Bruce M. Etchison, (RET) CAPT. USPHS, MPH, D.A.A.S., R.S. 7/10/2014 USEHA ANNUAL CONFERENCE-LAS VEGAS, NV

TELLING YOUR PUBLIC HEALTH STORY Objective: Encourage Environmental Health Professionals to Record Their Experiences 7/10/2014 USEHA ANNUAL CONFERENCE-LAS VEGAS, NV

TELLING YOUR PUBLIC HEALTH STORY Your Purpose: Making Your Writing Better: My Own Selected Topics Examples of Other’s Stories: 7/10/2014 USEHA ANNUAL CONFERENCE-LAS VEGAS, NV

Your Purpose: For family For students For the general public TELLING YOUR PUBLIC HEALTH STORY 7/10/2014 USEHA ANNUAL CONFERENCE-LAS VEGAS, NV

TELLING YOUR PUBLIC HEALTH STORY How to begin: Just start writing People in our careers Significant events Don’t be overly critical at first Plan on rewriting 7/10/2014 USEHA ANNUAL CONFERENCE-LAS VEGAS, NV

“I SUFFER ALWAYS FROM FEAR OF PUTTING DOWN THAT FIRST LINE. THE HARDEST PART IS GETTING STARTED.” JOHN STEINBECK 7/10/2014 USEHA ANNUAL CONFERENCE-LAS VEGAS, NV

“I’M NOT TERRIBLY CAREFUL MYSELF, ACTUALLY. I WRITE FAIRLY RAPIDLY IF I GET GOING…IN TREATING WORDS AS CHISEL STROKES YOU RUN THE RISK OF LOSING THE QUALITY OF UTTERANCE, THE RHYTHM OF UTTERANCE, THE HAPPINESS.” JOHN UPDIKE 7/10/2014 USEHA ANNUAL CONFERENCE-LAS VEGAS, NV

Making Your Writing Better: Work with other writers Read your work to the group Critique everyone’s writing Rewrite TELLING YOUR PUBLIC HEALTH STORY 7/10/2014 USEHA ANNUAL CONFERENCE-LAS VEGAS, NV

“WHAT MAKES ME HAPPY IS REWRITING…IT’S LIKE CLEANING HOUSE, GETTING RID OF ALL THE JUNK, GETTING THINGS IN THE RIGHT ORDER, TIGHTENING THINGS UP.” ELLEN GOODMAN 7/10/2014 USEHA ANNUAL CONFERENCE-LAS VEGAS, NV

“I NEVER THOUGHT OF MYSELF AS A GOOD WRITER. BUT, I’M ON OF THE WORLD’S GREAT REVISERS.” JAMES MICHENER 7/10/2014 USEHA ANNUAL CONFERENCE-LAS VEGAS, NV

TELLING YOUR PUBLIC HEALTH STORY 7/10/2014 USEHA ANNUAL CONFERENCE-LAS VEGAS, NV My Navajo Years : Bruce M. Etchison

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Examples of Other’s Stories: Larry Gordon Jack Womack John Dietemann Web Young Jim Waskiewicz TELLING YOUR PUBLIC HEALTH STORY 7/10/2014 USEHA ANNUAL CONFERENCE-LAS VEGAS, NV

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Seated 1 Perry Brackett, 2 James R. Buchetel, 3 Jim Cox, 4 Jim Justice, 5 Jim Pees, 6 John Todd, 7 Kenneth Bailey, 8 Keith Sherer, 9 Don Myer, Standing 10 Alan Dellapenna, 11 Del Larson, 12 Craig Shepherd, 13 Jim Crum, 14 Bill Ryan, 15 Dick Anderson, 16 Gary J. Hartz, 17 Geoff Keele, 18 Lew Fox, 19 Dale J. Johnson, 20 Al Stevenson, 21 Jerry Butler, 22 Harry Doutt, 23 Bill Wheatly, 24 Tim Bergin, 25 Bob Marsland, 26 Jim Shoemake, 27 Jack Womack, 28 Mike Randolph, 29 Bruce Etchison, 30 John Steward, 31 Bill Pearson IHS Engineer/Sanitarian Reunion Participants Laughlin, NV April 18, 2007

7/10/2014 USEHA ANNUAL CONFERENCE-LAS VEGAS, NV Memoirs- credit Elmore Leonard Interactions between people are better. Readers tend to like dialogue. Avoid passive voice particularly the use of “was” Careful with excessive detail. Be careful in describing characters. They can be imagined by the reader through the dialogue, tone in their voices, mannerisms, etc. Avoid opening with the weather. Show rather than tell what is happening in your story. The verb “said” is used to carry dialogue.

7/10/2014 USEHA ANNUAL CONFERENCE-LAS VEGAS, NV Self-editing: Use metaphors sparingly. Too many can be distracting or cause the reader to pause to try and figure out what you mean. Keep it personal when writing a memoir. Too much direction can be insulting, i.e. he bent over to tie his shoe. “Started” is overused by many writers. Actions are usually self- explanatory.

7/10/2014 USEHA ANNUAL CONFERENCE-LAS VEGAS, NV Reasons for Rejection: Too many similar stories Small sales potential Too narrow in scope Author not well-known Author credentials lacking Poor writing/spelling/punctuation Expense to produce Not remarkable enough or exciting

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QUESTIONS? THE END 7/10/2014 USEHA ANNUAL CONFERENCE-LAS VEGAS, NV