Works - Hillary DePiano

Working with your weirdness

One of the reasons I'm such a big fan of keeping records and analyzing how you work is you realize two things. The first is that we've all got our little quirks and you'll almost immediately start to recognize patterns that amount to Your Individual Weirdness. Stuff...

In which I’m on Bluesky now!

So, um, yeah. Crazy times we're having, no? Social media as we know it is imploding. There's a boycott and mass exodus going on with all the biggies (Facebook, X/Twitter, TikTok and Instagram) hemorrhaging users as people delete their accounts. I've never seen...

Making the most out of your online writing workshop

I take a lot of writing workshops. Why? Well, because I think you can never really learn enough about writing craft and sometimes having a fresh perspective on content you may have learned before can help you understand it better. I also like having an excuse to...

Books and Plays

The Monthologues by Hillary DePiano

The Servant of 123 Masters by Hillary DePiano

Vardiello by Hillary DePiano, adapted from the fairy tale by Giambattista Basile (The Tale of Tales)

The Raven / Lenore by Hillary DePiano, based on / inspired by Edgar Allan Poe

The Three Little Pigs and the Big Bad Storm by Hillary DePiano

Nana’s Happy Happy Good News Only Birthday Video Chat (livestreaming play)

Week Daze, a streaming / stage play comedy in one act by Hillary DePiano

The Fourth Orange and Other Fairy Tales You’ve Never Even Heard of by Hillary DePiano

Building a Writing Life: start a writing habit, find time to write, discover your process and commit to your writing dreams

Arm Candy by Hillary DePiano adapted from Pintosmalto by Giambattista Basile (The Tale of Tales)

The Fourth Orange: one-act comedy, prequel / sequel to Carlo Gozzi’s The Love of Three Oranges and The Green Bird

The Myrtle by Hillary DePiano, adapted from the fairy tale by Giambattista Basile (The Tale of Tales)

The (Completely Inaccurate) Legend of the Mummy Witch House by Hillary DePiano

Giambattista Basile’s The Tale of Tales as adapted by Hillary DePiano

The Complete Novels of Jane Austen: Now New and Improved! a short comedy in one act by Hillary DePiano

Masks, a 10 minute drama by Hillary DePiano

NaNo What Now? Finding your editing process, revising your NaNoWriMo book and building a writing career through publishing and beyond

The She-Bear by Hillary DePiano, adapted from the fairy tale by Giambattista Basile (The Tale of Tales)

Goosed! by Hillary DePiano, adapted from the fairy tale, The Goose, by Giambattista Basile (The Tale of Tales)

The Green Bird by Hillary DePiano a modern full length stage play adaptation of Carlo Gozzi’s commedia dell’arte classic

Three Padded Walls, a 10 minute meta suspense play by Hillary DePiano

The Love of Three Oranges by Hillary DePiano, based on a commedia dell’arte scenario by Carlo Gozzi

New Year’s Thieve, a holiday comedy in one act by Hillary DePiano

Polar Twilight, a holiday comedy in one act by Hillary DePiano

Daddy Issues (One Act Play) by Hillary DePiano

The Author: the award winning novella by Hillary DePiano

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