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Finding beta readers & getting reader feedback on your stage play script with #TAPT & #POFF

Finding beta readers & getting reader feedback on your stage play script with #TAPT & #POFF

by Hillary DePiano | Apr 24, 2017 | Evergreen, On Writing: Craft and Commiseration, Playwriting and Theatre

You’ve written a play and you’d really like another set of eyes on it to make sure it’s working as intended. But while beta readers for fiction works, such as novels and short stories, are fairly easy to come by, most writing forums and critique...
Expectations vs Reality when it comes to writing, publishing and beyond

Expectations vs Reality when it comes to writing, publishing and beyond

by Hillary DePiano | Apr 17, 2017 | Evergreen, On Writing: Craft and Commiseration

One of the first days after my husband’s parental leave ended, my parents offered to come over my house in the morning and watch both kids for me for a couple of hours so that I could have some time to myself. I was very excited. Sure, I’d have to still...
March 2017: Marching forward bit by bit

March 2017: Marching forward bit by bit

by Hillary DePiano | Apr 10, 2017 | Living the Writing Life, My Writing

Here’s what March 2017 looked like in writing… Total Words Written This Month 50,869 words Average Words Per Day 1,641 words Monthly Goal I didn’t set a goal since this was my first full month with the new baby and setting a goal seemed idiotic. Yearly Goal...
New customizations make Camp NaNoWriMo the most flexible month long writing challenge ever!

New customizations make Camp NaNoWriMo the most flexible month long writing challenge ever!

by Hillary DePiano | Mar 29, 2017 | Evergreen, NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month)

Maybe you’ve heard of Camp NaNoWriMo (the smaller, spunky sister event to the big November writing extravaganza) and were underwhelmed by the idea. Or maybe you’ve been meaning to try it out for years but something always seems to come up. Either way, with...
Writing by hand the new fashioned way: stylus, touchscreen, and thou

Writing by hand the new fashioned way: stylus, touchscreen, and thou

by Hillary DePiano | Mar 27, 2017 | Evergreen, On Writing: Craft and Commiseration

Because of the newborn baby in my life, I’ve been looking for unconventional ways to get work done when I’m one-handed because I’m nursing, holding the baby or whatever. One of these experiments is the return of voice-to-text dictation which long...
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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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