by Hillary DePiano | Apr 13, 2012 | External Stimuli, On Writing: Craft and Commiseration, Personally..., Playwriting and Theatre
I love that quote above. Obviously, when it comes to writing, it’s particularly relevant. So many writers lament that they just aren’t inspired to write or that their muse isn’t telling them what to write or whatever way they justify it to themselves...
by Hillary DePiano | Apr 10, 2012 | External Stimuli, Living the Writing Life, Personally...
Last night, I had a dream that I was a tribute in The Hunger Games. But that, in addition to having to try to stay alive and not starve to death all while fighting off the other tributes, I also had to write a 100 page script in a month to be allowed to live. I was...
by Hillary DePiano | Apr 6, 2012 | External Stimuli, Living the Writing Life, NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month), Personally...
So, my failing health aside, you wonder, how are things? I haven’t written a personal post in a while because, frankly, I’ve been mostly miserable and who wants to hear me whine? Nobody. But you know I’m sick so there’s no point on dwelling on...
by Hillary DePiano | Apr 3, 2012 | Announcements, My Writing, Uncategorized
If you’re near Plymouth, WI next week, you’ll want to check out Plymouth High School’s production of The Love of Three Oranges running Thursday through Saturday, April 12-14. The Sheboygan Press did a big feature on their production that you can...
by Hillary DePiano | Apr 1, 2012 | Living the Writing Life, NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month), Playwriting and Theatre
I won’t link to where I saw this to protect the innocent but there was a forum thread recently asking if Script Frenzy and the whole challenge to write 100 pages of a script in a month was just an April Fools joke. The posters were worried that they would be...