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Sadly, this is exactly what it’s like to talk to me…

Sadly, this is exactly what it’s like to talk to me…

by Hillary DePiano | Sep 9, 2011 | External Stimuli, On Writing: Craft and Commiseration

Except I’m figuring out plot points in the middle of a sentence instead of techie stuff. [SOURCE]

On videos of The Love of Three Oranges on YouTube and elsewhere…

by Hillary DePiano | Sep 6, 2011 | My Writing, Uncategorized

When I was searching around the web for something I knew I’d seen somewhere, I came across a clip of my The Love of Three Oranges from a recent production on YouTube. Then I found another. And another. I watched as many as I could and here’s what I have to...
Fighting Draft Dread: How do you make yourself start editing that book you wrote?

Fighting Draft Dread: How do you make yourself start editing that book you wrote?

by Hillary DePiano | Sep 2, 2011 | On Writing: Craft and Commiseration, Playwriting and Theatre

You finished a book. Getting all the way to The End, no matter how long it took or how good you think what you wrote is, is a major accomplishment. You need to take a moment, pat yourself on the back and bask in a job well done. Except that, at some point,...
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