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Turning what I wanted to write into what I needed to write

Turning what I wanted to write into what I needed to write

by Hillary DePiano | Sep 27, 2018 | Living the Writing Life, My Writing, On Writing: Craft and Commiseration, Uncategorized

The 2016 election threw us all for a loop that we’re still dealing with. Shortly after the election, I saw a tweet to the effect that you’ll probably be able to tell exactly where writers were in their manuscripts when the election happened and I thought...
Q3 Summer 2018: Swim all day, write all night!

Q3 Summer 2018: Swim all day, write all night!

by Hillary DePiano | Sep 13, 2018 | My Writing, On Writing: Craft and Commiseration

I’m kind of torn on tracking my writing goals quarterly. On one hand, grouping them by season makes sense and I like having only four updates to write and post instead of 12 like before. But the downside is that, even though I wrote myself notes, three months is...
The Tale of Tales: the highly customizable, mix and match commedia style fairy tale play OF YOUR DREAMS

The Tale of Tales: the highly customizable, mix and match commedia style fairy tale play OF YOUR DREAMS

by Hillary DePiano | Aug 31, 2018 | Announcements, My Writing, Uncategorized

What is The Tale of Tales play? Around this time last year, I announced the premiere of a brand new play, The Tale of Tales. Considering I’m in the midst of a many year project of adapting Giambattista Basile’s Tale of Tales collection in a dozen different...
New plays coming soon for perusal and world premieres!

New plays coming soon for perusal and world premieres!

by Hillary DePiano | Aug 30, 2018 | Announcements

While I know a lot of you have already gone back to school, we don’t start until after Labor Day over here so my kids and I are still squeezing every last second out of summer while we have the chance. But I’ve also been burning the midnight oil (sort of...
From the mailbag: When does your play need an editor & when should you copyright?

From the mailbag: When does your play need an editor & when should you copyright?

by Hillary DePiano | Aug 20, 2018 | Evergreen, On Writing: Craft and Commiseration, Playwriting and Theatre

Hi Hillary, I’m an author and I’ve worked with editors/publishers with my book. I understand that process but as a new playwright, I’m not sure how to go about getting my 3 plays critiqued, edited and proofread. I’m an indie author and self...
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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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