by Hillary DePiano | Nov 2, 2019 | Evergreen, My Writing, On Writing: Craft and Commiseration, Uncategorized
“It sounds amazing in my head but when I write it down, it’s terrible!” Does this sound familiar? You’ve got this fantastic scene in mind, the whole thing is just RIGHT THERE fully formed in your head, and all you need to do is write it down!...
by Hillary DePiano | Nov 1, 2019 | Evergreen, On Writing: Craft and Commiseration, Uncategorized
It starts somehow Sometimes you sit down, butt in chair, just like you’re supposed it and… you’ve got nothing. Or you’ve got something, but it’s stuck in your head, and you can’t seem to get any of the words down the page. And all the...
by Hillary DePiano | Oct 31, 2019 | Evergreen, On Writing: Craft and Commiseration, Uncategorized
Do you consider yourself a writer? Do you feel comfortable calling yourself one now? One of the most common mental hang-ups I’ve seen in beginning writers is this reluctance to call themselves a writer… “yet.” There’s always some...
by Hillary DePiano | Oct 30, 2019 | 4TheWords, Evergreen, On Writing: Craft and Commiseration
Start a writing habit Why start a writing habit? What’s the advantage of writing regularly rather than just when you feel like it? There are several big reasons. Build up your writing muscles The runner jogs every day to prepare for the big marathon, and daily...
by Hillary DePiano | Jul 22, 2019 | In Their Words, NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month), On Writing: Craft and Commiseration
There’s a new NaNoWriMo guide coming out on August 27th specifically geared towards young writers. It’s called Brave the Page by Rebecca Stern and National Novel Writing Month Executive Director Grant Faulkner and I was lucky enough to score an advanced...
Hillary DePiano is a playwright, fiction and non-fiction writer who loves writing of all kinds except for writing bios like this.
