Elana Duffy
Writing vs. being a writer
Everybody should write. Everybody. Whether through fiction, non-fiction, a blog about your thrilling hobbies, or a run-of-the-mill...
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Elana Duffy
- Apr 20, 2016
- 3 min
Quick tips to building a start-up business team in any field
Those of you who regularly read the posts here on the Present Tense Blog (or at least those of you out there who know enough to trust...
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Elana Duffy
- Mar 1, 2016
- 4 min
Creativity in your work is selling up, not selling out
If you read this blog, chances are that you're a business-minded go-getter like my fellow contributors. You probably also have a...
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Elana Duffy
- Jan 28, 2016
- 4 min
Getting your book out of you
There's an old axiom that everyone has a book in them and I, for one, agree with it. There's also a slightly more cynical version that...
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Elana Duffy
- Dec 8, 2015
- 4 min
Collaboration: The Expert Pieces of your Master Story
This is the latest in a series of blogs on what we at Present Tense LLC call a “Master Story”. In this installment, Paul Mooney reminds...
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Elana Duffy
- Jul 23, 2015
- 4 min
Flexiblity at work: lessons from a PA
Like many people working towards their big break in television and/or film, I do multiple jobs. Among them, a decent amount of my work is...
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Elana Duffy
- Jun 16, 2015
- 4 min
Learning a Violin's Lessons
A simple Internet search will tell you that the average amount of time it takes a person to learn to play the violin properly (which I...
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Elana Duffy
- Apr 15, 2015
- 4 min
Lessons from the year 26,631
Our more diligent followers may recall when I wrote my earlier post extolling the universal virtues of Mystery Science Theater 3000, I...
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Elana Duffy
- Mar 24, 2015
- 4 min
Lessons From Making a TV Pilot Part II: The Premiere
Editor's Note: You may have noticed we haven't posted in a couple of weeks. This is in large part to our primary blog editor helping Paul...
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Elana Duffy
- Feb 12, 2015
- 5 min
Writing Creatively: The hard part
- Paul Mooney Creative writing is not something reserved only for those dreaming of selling their first literary masterpiece to the world...
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Elana Duffy
- Jan 7, 2015
- 4 min
Lessons From One of the Greatest TV Shows Ever
- Paul Mooney Let me begin by directing you to the earlier post from Present Tense partner Elana Duffy highlighting the good business...
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Elana Duffy
- Dec 23, 2014
- 2 min
Present Tense Storytelling eBook Series is Launched!
We’ve published our first “self-help” ebook on storytelling skills Present Tense LLC is launching a series of ebooks aimed at executives,...
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Elana Duffy
- Nov 26, 2014
- 5 min
What I learned while making a TV pilot
Paul Mooney As someone who spent four years as an officer in the Marines, I'm no stranger to large, complex operations. Weeks, months...
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