Julia Dudek's Blog
February 12, 2010
The Small Step & The Giant Leap - Taking Writing as a Hobby to the Next Level
"There's nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and open a vein." - Walter Wellesley "Red" Smith
The words are ironic, and bleed of truth. Any writer will tell you that. And though every writer has their own techniques, and sources of motivation, I think many would agree that the most daunting part of the process is simply beginning something new. And for those novice writers who dream of one day bringing their unseen words to a larger audience, beginning can seem only...
The words are ironic, and bleed of truth. Any writer will tell you that. And though every writer has their own techniques, and sources of motivation, I think many would agree that the most daunting part of the process is simply beginning something new. And for those novice writers who dream of one day bringing their unseen words to a larger audience, beginning can seem only...
February 3, 2010
The Risk it Takes to Blossom
"And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom." - Anais Nin
I'd first read this quote as it hung unceremoniously in a public bathroom while I washed my hands at a school for dental assisting - another one of my numerous, yet never-the-less passionate, career endeavors. The program was a quick five months, a relative microsecond compared to my four years studying history, my two studying education, my multiple semesters in...
I'd first read this quote as it hung unceremoniously in a public bathroom while I washed my hands at a school for dental assisting - another one of my numerous, yet never-the-less passionate, career endeavors. The program was a quick five months, a relative microsecond compared to my four years studying history, my two studying education, my multiple semesters in...
