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Mediocre Ideas are like Caterpillars

Mediocre ideas for creative work are great ideas that haven’t gone through their metamorphosis. They’re like tadpoles finding their way in…

Sep 18, 2020

Mediocre Ideas are like Caterpillars

Sep 18, 2020

Purple Elephant Writing

Repeat Yourself (in Your Art)

If you want to write a book, start with a blog on Medium. If you want to make a feature film, start making shorts on YouTube. If you want…

Sep 10, 2020

Repeat Yourself (in Your Art)

Sep 10, 2020

Purple Elephant Writing

Make Real, Then Fake

All stories are based in reality. They have to be or else they wouldn’t make sense. Even if it’s a novel about aliens and magic, it’s…

Sep 8, 2020

Make Real, Then Fake

Sep 8, 2020

Purple Elephant Writing

Play Your Hand Too Fast (on purpose)

In poker, you never want your competitors to know how good your cards are (bluffing excluded). If you blurted out “I have pocket aces,”…

Sep 6, 2020

Play Your Hand Too Fast (on purpose)

Sep 6, 2020

Purple Elephant Writing

The Art of Creative Digestion

If you spent all your waking hours staring at a Word document, you’d run out of things to say.

Sep 6, 2020

The Art of Creative Digestion

Sep 6, 2020

Purple Elephant Writing

The Blank Page

You’ll read this fully worded which sounds like such an obvious statement, but for the writer, the paragraphs never come fully worded: or…

Sep 6, 2020

Sep 6, 2020

Purple Elephant Writing

Purple Elephant Writing

My name’s Sean and I write about creativity and the creative process for any medium (mainly film and writing though). www.purpleelephantcollective.com/blog

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