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Writing a script for a comic book or stage play? Advice just for you from @eelkat

by Hillary DePiano | Apr 18, 2010 | Playwriting and Theatre

Sure, you need to write 100 pages to meet the Script Frenzy challenge, but while 100 pages may be industry standard for a screenplay, the same page limits don’t apply to comic books and stage plays. Script Frenzy gives us a basic general rule of 1 script = 100...
Script Frenzy: 60 pages and it feels so good! Also, the value of a month long challenge like Screnzy.

Script Frenzy: 60 pages and it feels so good! Also, the value of a month long challenge like Screnzy.

by Hillary DePiano | Apr 17, 2010 | Announcements, Living the Writing Life, On Writing: Craft and Commiseration

So I wanted to hit the 50 page mark on April 14th which would have been a day early. I ended up getting sick and getting buried under work and, long story short, my count didn’t budge from 47 pages until today. But today I got up early as if it was a weekend and...

The Love of Three Oranges opera & my play are both based on the commedia scenerio of the same name

by Hillary DePiano | Apr 15, 2010 | Announcements, My Writing, Uncategorized

I’m having bad luck with media coverage lately, have you noticed?So tonight, The Love of Three Oranges opens in Indiana and if you are anywhere near the area of the Avon High School Performing Arts Center, you may want to check it out. I know the cast and crew...

How *NOT* to write a script in 30 days (Script Frenzy Fail)

by Hillary DePiano | Apr 15, 2010 | Living the Writing Life, Playwriting and Theatre

If you have already failed out of this year’s Script Frenzy or have just had an epic fail in year’s past, you’ll love this hilarious day by day breakdown of trying to write a script in a month. One thing I do want to point out, though, is that as...

In which Hillary is temporarily Script Frenzy thwarted but makes up for it in the end

by Hillary DePiano | Apr 12, 2010 | Living the Writing Life, On Writing: Craft and Commiseration

So 3 hours ago, I tweeted that I was exactly 12 pages behind on Script Frenzy. Then I went to work on my script, having worked this weekend to buy myself this time. Now, three hours later, I have added 10 pages to my script and I am only 4 pages behind.Wait a minute,...
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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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