by Hillary DePiano | May 19, 2013 | External Stimuli, Living the Writing Life, Playwriting and Theatre
I’m not going to lie to you guys, I wrote a sequel to Guys and Dolls in high school. It will never see the light of day because it’s terrible but I wrote it because I wanted to see more of those characters and see where they ended up after the curtain fell. I guess...
by Hillary DePiano | Apr 23, 2013 | In Their Words, My Writing, Uncategorized
Today, April 23rd, back in 1616 was the day that famed playwright William Shakespeare died.* To celebrate, here’s the famed Fakespeare scene from The Love of Three Oranges. CREONTA: Rope! My rope! Hang those two thieves by the neck until they are dead. THE ROPE:...
by Hillary DePiano | Mar 27, 2013 | NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month), Playwriting and Theatre
As we discussed at length last week, Script Frenzy has been cancelled and I was annoyed but I’ve come to peace with it. But when one door closes, another opens and I’m excited to keep the Screnzy alive unofficially through Camp NaNoWriMo. But before we get...
by Hillary DePiano | Mar 18, 2013 | Living the Writing Life, NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month), Playwriting and Theatre
By now most of you will have heard the news but for those that haven’t: Script Frenzy has been cancelled. I promised you back in this post that we’d discuss this more and I haven’t yet because, frankly, the whole thing leaves a terrible taste in my...
by Hillary DePiano | Jan 18, 2013 | External Stimuli, My Writing, Uncategorized
I’ve mentioned before how truly awesome it is to be a writer in this digital age and see your fans and readers talking about your book or play in real time. Well, look what I found on Twitter: Talk about a tweet! (I blotted out all the identifying details...
Hillary DePiano is a playwright, fiction and non-fiction writer who loves writing of all kinds except for writing bios like this.
