Josiah Duran
I'm a writer and creative professional, currently based in the Washington, DC area. This is my website, a slightly more personal means of connecting with others. Including you. Welcome.
Values
"I don't think writers are sacred, but words are. They deserve respect. If you get the right ones in the right order, you can nudge the world a little or make a poem which children will speak for you when you're dead."- Henry, The Real Thing by Tom Stoppard
Make a more beautiful world.
Make it for everyone.
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Skills
Writing Done Right
Having spent more than a decade honing my words, sentences, and paragraphs, I'm a writer from tip to tail. And I'm pretty good at it. Writing is the whole point; everything else is what I do to get by.Check out my newsletter The Real World Catalog and see me in action.
Mastering Ideas
Sometimes I read US Supreme Court opinions for fun. I've always been analytically inclined, something that served me well studying philosophy. From grasping the structure of abstract ideas to detecting the flaws in arguments, "reasoning skills" are comfortably in my wheelhouse.
Always Learning More
There's always more to learn—new skills, new languages, new worlds—and learning is something that comes easily. And something I love. I sure didn't study philosophy for the sunny job prospects!
Some Related Experiences-
Author, The Real World Catalog | 2025-Present
Chair, Hands of Thoth Writing Society | 2016-Present
MA Philosophy, University of Dallas | 2018
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