LinkedIn Logo Instagram Logo

Blog

We blog from Toothy’s Wordshop – mainly about writing, science, remote working, business, culture, parenting, tech and gaming. Sometimes superheroes too. Stick around for tips, tricks, hacks and perspectives.

Categories
Uncategorised

What will remote working look like in 2030?

Dave is a medical copywriter and digital health consultant with Word Monster. In this blog, Dave goes all Back to the Future to look ahead at what the future of remote working might hold for our team – and yours.  In 2019, many businesses realised the value of remote working. When employees are offered the flexibility to […]

Categories
Uncategorised

One year on from a newbie

A new year, a new decade, a new flurry of blog posts to commemorate the start of 2020. Rest assured, this isn’t one of them. Instead, and more significantly to me, it’s also been one year since I first began working at Word Monster (or 13 months, to be more precise – but December never […]

Categories
Uncategorised

You never get a 2nd chance on a 1st impression

You’ve probably heard the urban legend of the Oxford University applicant who, when told to get his interviewer’s attention, lit the dustbin on fire. And we’re pretty much now used to the frenzied scrutiny that accompanies a certain President’s every handshake whenever he meets another President, Prime Minister, or our very own Queen Liz (Fist […]

Categories
Uncategorised

What’s it like to run a Med Comms agency?

The man behind the monster As featured on ProCopywriters Company Spotlight When and why did you start Word Monster? We hit the medical communications scene in 2016 as a lean, mean, solo copywriting machine. But I’d always planned to start a full-blown agency, as soon as I ruddy well could. Working in-house, I started to notice […]

Categories
Uncategorised

The World Wide Web is 30 today

Dear World Wide Web, Happy 30th Birthday from everyone at Word Monster. On this special day we would like to congratulate you for the amazing progress you have made over the years, and extend our gratitude for how much you have shaped the way we work. You banished the hours we spent in libraries searching […]

Categories
Uncategorised

Happy Rare Disease Day

You’re 2 in a million, Harry. It’s okay to be unique. It’s okay to be you. Harry has come on leaps and bounds in the last year. He’s even started a couple of days a week at nursery! We’re marking Rare Disease Day with a topical trip to Southampton Hospital for a neurology appointment. We’ve […]

Categories
Uncategorised

From a grade G to a PhD

Be brave they said. Be honest they said. So, this is the story, all about how, my life got twisted upside down. Wait, who let Will Smith in here…? Get outta here. You too, Carlton. This story is actually sang to the beat of Lukas Graham – 7 Years. Listening to the 7 Years song will help […]

Categories
Uncategorised

How you treat your employees

We may be small, but we think big. We may not share the same office space, but we all share the same vision, work ethos and – perhaps the most important of all – a ruddy good laugh. Word Monster was founded on the basis of delivering exceptional work for our clients, while understanding that […]

Categories
Uncategorised

Freedom in Med Comms

We’re an enormous fan of freedom in the workplace, so there are only three things to remember: 1) Write With Bite (so we do great work and continue to build our reputation) 2) Write for 7.5 hours every day, and no more [unless you’re particularly keen for paid overtime] (so we get paid) 3) Keep […]

Categories
Uncategorised

Meet Punzel

Welcome to Saima who joins us as a Medical Copywriter. Our first female monster in the troop. She’s been suitably named ‘Punzel’ after ‘Rapunzel’ for her lengthy locks, kind and personable nature, and desire to lift others up while letting her hair down. #copywriting #medicalwriting #monsters #joining #pharmaceuticals

Categories
Uncategorised

A change in direction

I have joined a revolution: my work-life now works for me. I’ve become part of the Word Monster team, a medical writing agency start-up that is set to become the go‑to for science and healthcare writing agencies. Signing on the dotted line was a no brainer. I knew from the moment I saw the tone of job […]

Categories
Uncategorised

Meet the Monsters

Toothy has a new buddy to write with at Word Monster HQ. Last week we welcomed David Wright to the team – monster codename Ruffle – and it was a blast. David has a bombardment of career accomplishments that include a master’s in pharmacology, PhD in molecular physiology, postdoc and an array of large-calibre publications. […]