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What I’m not writing for NaNoWriMo

by Hillary DePiano | Oct 28, 2010 | Living the Writing Life, On Writing: Craft and Commiseration

I realize I never talked about what I was going write for NaNoWriMo on this blog. Pretty funny, when you consider how much talking about NaNoWriMo I’ve been doing.First let’s talk about the projects I’m in the middle of:Editing: one nonfiction book,...

5 reasons it’s better to spread the first draft of your novel out over multiple document files

by Hillary DePiano | Oct 27, 2010 | NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month), On Writing: Craft and Commiseration

Most of the things I’ve posted about NaNoWriMo have to do more with the writing, about getting your story to the 50,000 word mark and beyond. Now however I want to focus a little bit more on the nitty-gritty. I think you should separate your NaNoWriMo novel into...

Wait, so how are you going to do NaNoWriMo if you can’t use your hands? Writing the handsfree novel.

by Hillary DePiano | Oct 27, 2010 | Living the Writing Life, On Writing: Craft and Commiseration, Personally...

Regular readers know that I’ve been having some serious problems with my hands since late June. In short, I cannot use my hands for using the computer mouse, playing video games or… typing. So about now you’re probably wondering, how is she going to...

Obsessing over your word count: Nerdy fun with NaNoWriMo numbers

by Hillary DePiano | Oct 26, 2010 | NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month)

We’re all writers, right? But the sneaky little fact is that most of us are totally nerds too. I’m a total nerd about NaNoWriMo. You probably guessed that when you saw my NaNoWriMo Advanced Word Count Calculator. (If you want to see my nerdiness up close,...

On busted hands, writing with dictation, and trying not to get frustrated

by Hillary DePiano | Oct 26, 2010 | On Writing: Craft and Commiseration, Personally...

Well well well, have you missed me? This is the first personal posted I’ve had a chance to write in a while. So, to be clear, everything you see from the online, whether it’s on Facebook, Twitter or here on the blog, I’m writing with the dictation...
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Hillary DePiano is a playwright, fiction and non-fiction writer who loves writing of all kinds except for writing bios like this.

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