protected function get_creation_args( $args = null ) {

		// Allow nothing to be passed in.
		if ( empty( $args ) ) {
			$args = array();
		}

		// Backwards compat to original 3.0.0 format when just a title was passed in.
		if ( is_string( $args ) ) {
			$args = array(
				'post_title' => $args,
			);
		}

		$args = wp_parse_args(
			$args,
			array(
				'comment_status' => 'closed',
				'ping_status'    => 'closed',
				'post_author'    => get_current_user_id(),
				'post_content'   => '',
				'post_excerpt'   => '',
				'post_status'    => 'draft',
				'post_title'     => '',
				'post_type'      => $this->get( 'db_post_type' ),
			)
		);

		/**
		 * Filters the llms post creation args
		 *
		 * The dynamic portion of this hook, `$this->model_post_type`, refers to the model's post type. For example "course",
		 * "lesson", "membership", etc...
		 *
		 * @since 3.24.0
		 *
		 * @param array           $args      Array of default creation args to be passed to `wp_insert_post()`.
		 * @param LLMS_Post_Model $llms_post The LLMS_Post_Model instance.
		 */
		return apply_filters( "llms_{$this->model_post_type}_get_creation_args", $args, $this );
	}