Elana Duffy
The invisible team behind self-publishing
You’ve finally finished it. The book that you had been talking about for years and had been planning for even longer is completed. You...
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Elana Duffy
Mar 29, 20163 min
Flexible Strength, Finding Balance: the connection between yoga and blogging
I found blogging before I found yoga, on a long-term travel journey where writing took hold. One year later, yoga entered my life and...
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Elana Duffy
Mar 1, 20164 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 6, 20164 min
5 myths about writing books … and why you should start writing yours
A book can be an invaluable marketing tool for yourself or your business. By book, I don’t the mean the proverbial Great American novel,...
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Elana Duffy
Dec 17, 20155 min
The Next Step in Your Master Story: The Right Words Matter
This is the latest in a series of blogs on what we at Present Tense LLC call a “Master Story”. In this installment, Frank gives us the...
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Elana Duffy
Dec 8, 20154 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
Dec 3, 20155 min
Finding Your Path with a 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, Elana Duffy examines...
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Elana Duffy
Nov 18, 20153 min
Honing Habit: Creating a Master Story
This is the first in a series of blogs on what we at Present Tense LLC call a “Master Story”. In this installment, Chris Thunder looks at...
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Elana Duffy
Jul 29, 20155 min
It's after the action. Here's how to write the review.
The military has perfected a few things over the many years of its storied existence, and one of those happens to be paperwork. You don’t...
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Elana Duffy
Mar 24, 20154 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, 20155 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 21, 20154 min
Reply, Reply All, or No Reply at All: Tips and tricks for managing responses
The response was perfect. Your cubicle buddy is going to laugh at your slightly snarky but still informed response to his recent push of...
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Elana Duffy
Jan 7, 20154 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, 20142 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, 20145 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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Elana Duffy
Nov 5, 20144 min
From the Big Screen to the Conference Table
Paul Mooney A screenplay probably looks like a strange piece of work from the perspective of someone unfamiliar with how scripts are...
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Elana Duffy
Oct 30, 20145 min
5 Tips on Market Segmentation
- Frank Luby An Inc. article this week asked whether Apple could kill the freemium music model when it relaunches Beats Music. It also...
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Elana Duffy
Oct 16, 20144 min
Literary Lessons: The positive Catch-22 of characters in business
- Elana Duffy My favorite book is Catch-22 by Joseph Heller. Between the sardonic humor, sarcasm, and - however ridiculous the book may...
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Elana Duffy
Sep 19, 20145 min
Music Lessons. Or, how to not bore your audience
- Elana Duffy Understanding what makes a band sync well together on stage has nothing to do with the style of music, in the same way that...
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Elana Duffy
Sep 12, 20144 min
Replacing Fear with Freedom: Lessons from the advertising environment
- Paul Mooney When was the last time you saw a television commercial that really made you laugh or, even less likely, positively affected...
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